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Lealand, Geoff – 1986
Focusing on the experience of New Zealand, this paper is a response to a 1978 essay which suggested that a study be done to compare the programming patterns of television in the developed countries of Australia and New Zealand. Significant differences between the two nations are presented, including conspicuous discrepancies in television…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Broadcast Industry, Content Analysis, Cultural Influences
Cook, John – 1982
As technological change affects current lifestyles and will continue to affect access to information, children should remain a primary consideration, with new technology serving to provide information to them. The growing importance of information is fundamental to recent technological change based on the development of computers and the silicon…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Childhood Needs, Children, Delivery Systems
Holman, Jacqueline – 1980
Some studies have suggested that TV encourages a variety of problems such as malnutrition, drug consumption, poor consumer habits, and violence. Others have argued that TV is a window to the world, promoting knowledge, cultural experiences and positive social values. This article examines some of these controversial claims and evaluates the impact…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Caregivers, Childrens Television, Cognitive Development
Esserman, June F., Ed. – 1981
This volume consists of 10 papers dealing with issues, research and research findings regarding the effects of television advertising on children. The first paper critically examines recent research literature which bears on policy questions related to the effects of television advertising on children. Findings from a study designed to examine…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Comprehension, Consumer Economics
Noble, Grant – 1979
Australian studies show that television assists in the socialization of immigrants, changing and shaping their self-images and perceptions of reality and fostering their interpersonal communication skills. Studies conducted to evaluate the introduction of television have found that television helps in the vocabulary development of young children.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Associative Learning, Communication Skills, Educational Television
Kumar, Keval Joe – 1986
This paper provides both a preliminary analysis of a survey on media education in India, and reviews of the research on media education in the western world, the limited media education research already done in India, and the more extensive research that has been done on the sociology of Indian youth and the media. The purpose of the survey was to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Computer Science Education, Cultural Influences