Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ336378
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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The Effects of Television Form and Violent Content on Boys' Attention and Social Behavior.
Potts, Richard; And Others
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v41 n1 p1-17 Feb 1986
Reports on an experiment that examined the independent effects of television content (violence) and television formal features (action) on preschool boys' attention to programs and their postviewing social behavior. Shows rapid character action facilitated visual attention to the programs and that television action level had no systematic effects on subjects' behavior. (HOD)
Descriptors: Aggression, Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Males, Play, Preschool Children, Social Behavior, Television Research, Television Viewing, Toys, Violence
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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