Emotional Responses to a Televised Nuclear Holocaust Film.

Cantor, Joanne; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ334115

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Emotional Responses to a Televised Nuclear Holocaust Film.

Cantor, Joanne; And Others

Communication Research: An International Quarterly, v13 n2 p257-77 Apr 1986

Confirmed expectations that emotional reactions to the movie, "The Day After," would increase with age. Found also that nonpermissive parents (those who had prevented a child from viewing the movie) were more likely than permissive parents to have been upset by the movie. (PD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Emotional Response, Fear, Films, Mass Media Effects, Nuclear Warfare, Parent Influence, Parents, Television Research, Television Viewing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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