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Peer reviewedCollins, W. Andrew; Wellman, Henry M. – Communication Research--An International Quarterly, 1982
Reaffirms previous findings that young viewers' representations of televised dramatic narratives are incomplete and disorganized, compared to older viewers' comprehension of these programs. Also demonstrates that the information younger children retain from programs was likely to reflect stereotyped actions and events, cued by isolated, familiar…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Comprehension, Developmental Stages
Download full textCollins, W. Andrew; Westby, Sally Driscoll – 1975
This study examined how children of different ages process social information from dramatic television programs. Second and eighth graders were shown edited versions of a television program that differed in complexity and the difficulty of inferring causal connections between the scenes. In addition, the scenes in half of the showings were kept in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Comprehension, Difficulty Level
