Biography of Mrs. Rezaei
Elahe Rezaei holds a degree in Educational Sciences with a major in Educational Management and Planning. She began her work on television approximately 39 years ago with the children’s program in the years 1357 and 1358. Her concern has always been the mental and psychological health of children and ensuring they have a happy and beautiful childhood so that they can carry beauty with them throughout their future lives and continue very well and enjoy life. Her activities have mostly been in the field of children, and for a period of about 7 years, she also had a family program, after which she established a kindergarten. Aside from hosting, she has continued working in Elahe Kindergarten over these past years. Another activity she has recently started with friends is a website called Koodak Ghab. Through this website, she engages in activities concerning children. The content of this site includes animation, topics about children, and storytelling.
1- To what extent do the age conditions of the child audience and various life situations affect the performance of children’s hosts?
Yes, it is not unrelated at all. Environmental and social conditions create different circumstances that impact program-making related to children. It helps teach better ideas and more correct methods regarding the nature of a child’s life stage, though efforts must be made to present and work on different ideas every day and under any circumstance through group brainstorming and weekly or monthly panel discussions.
2- To what extent is it necessary to utilize specialists in the field of children in the program and for hosting?
Utilizing specialists is one of the necessities of a program. Individuals who have studied in this field, gained experience, and have sufficient information about children can deliver more accurate programs and performances. If we can present correct programs and performances utilizing the sciences of that subject, we will certainly be more successful. Part of this is related to previously studied subjects, and another part is related to the experience of hosts who interact with different age groups. They have gained experience in this regard and can provide better information. If this information is lacking or absent, the work of the program maker and host will certainly not progress well.
3- From your perspective, which factor has interfered more in the problems of children’s programs and hosting?
In my opinion, the problems in this field involve two major issues. One of them is management turnover, and the other is budget problems. Every new manager comes with a different taste and may not have worked in this field or be familiar with the children’s structure. These changes can cause problems for the people who want to produce and host the program, and when budgets are not allocated to those who want to work, it endangers program-making and hosting.
4- How should the interaction between the child and the media with child and adolescent psychologists be?
Interaction with child psychologists is one of the very important factors in program-making, as both groups possess experiences, information, and methods that they can transfer to each other. For program-making and hosting, one must utilize children’s spirits, interests, tastes, and demands based on their experiences in order to deliver more correct work and hosting. To make the program appeal to the audience’s taste, the interaction of all participants is important and necessary.