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Peer reviewedAnderson, Daniel R.; Levin, Stephen R. – Child Development, 1976
This study analyzed 1- to 4-year-old children's attention to television as a function of age, sex, and the presence or absence of a number of relatively simple auditory and visual characteristics of a TV program. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Preschool Children, Sex Differences
Download full textAnderson, Daniel R. – 1979
The TV viewing situation involves an active transaction between the child, the TV, and the TV viewing environment. The TV viewing transaction is a blend of passive and active cognitive activities. Children begin to watch TV systematically at around 2 1/2 years of age because at that time they have the cognitive ability to aappreciate the meaning…
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Peer Influence
Anderson, Daniel R. – 1985
The purpose of this review is to determine the scientific status of the proposition that viewing television in general or viewing "Sesame Street" in particular affects children's attentional skills, abilities, or behaviors. It has been frequently claimed that television viewing negatively affects children's attentional abilities. The…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Span, Literature Reviews, Mass Media Effects
