bus broadcasting
Kids on 53 buses in the Seminole County (Fla.) district won’t be riding in silence anymore. The Orlando Sentinel reports that as a trial, the Seminole County district will allow a private company to broadcast a daily program of rock music, lessons and advertisements through special radios on 53 of its 400 or so buses.
According to the article, many districts across the country have signed up for the bus broadcast on the theory that music on buses will improve student behavior. Critics of the service say kids on buses are captive audiences for the ads and music.
What do you think? Comment below.
October 16th, 2007 @ 11:31 am
An administrator from Texas writes:
“Ads on buses are just not a problem–especially if the Board of Education has a clear policy that outlines standards that any advertisement must meet in order to be placed on the side of a bus.”
October 16th, 2007 @ 11:40 am
A reader from an architectural firm in California writes:
“Children are very impressionable, both consciously and subconsciously, and they already have enough to deal wit–school, grades, peer pressure. An additional element of pressure/decision making does not need to be added. Also, it would eventually become background noise, which would just increase the volume on the bus. How can that be considered safe?”