Introduction | Theoretical Framework & Assumptions | Methodology Putting the monitoring into perspective | Key Findings | Media's coverage of children   Putting the monitoring into perspective   The spread of children’s items over the three-month monitoring period indicates that children feature prominently within the media at some times and less prominently at other times. Identifying some of the key events that occurred during the monitoring period helps to contextualise the monitoring, and understand and explain some of the key research findings.