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Tims, Albert R.; Chaffee, Steven H. – 1983
A study tested the cumulative acquisition model proposed by S. H. Chaffee and A. R. Tims to explain the development of adolescent patterns of news media use. The Guttman scale procedure was used to analyze patterns of news media use across a three-wave panel survey of 366 parent-child pairs over a 2-year period. In each wave, interviewers talked…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
Meadowcraft, Jeanne M.; Chaffee, Steven H. – 1983
To explore the interrelationships among family communication patterns (FCP) and children's cognitive development and political socialization, 718 parent-child pairs were interviewed by telephone on the extent to which children were encouraged to and did discuss politics with people of different views. In addition, subjects were asked questions…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education
Chaffee, Steven H.; And Others – 1997
A study examined the effects on political socialization of students in grades 5-6, based on teachers' use of local newspapers in classrooms throughout Argentina (except in Buenos Aires) during the 1995 school year. The newspaper program was sponsored by the Association of Dailies of the Interior Region of Argentina. Data were collected by…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Grade 6