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The Questionable Promise of Social Media for Education: Connective Learning and the Commercial Imperative
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Friesen, N.; Lowe, S. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2012
Facebook and other social media have been hailed as delivering the promise of new, socially engaged educational experiences for students in undergraduate, self-directed, and other educational sectors. A theoretical and historical analysis of these media in the light of earlier media transformations, however, helps to situate and qualify this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Electronic Learning, Television
Some Effects of Frontier Television in a Candian Eskimo Community
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Coldevin, Gary O. – Journalism Quarterly, 1976
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Eskimos, Information Sources, Media Research
A Hierarchy of Access: Aspects of Source Bias in Canadian TV News.
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Hackett, Robert A. – Journalism Quarterly, 1985
Concludes that government spokespersons, ranking politicians, and leaders of organized groups have better access to Canadian TV news outlets than do other people. (FL)
Descriptors: Bias, Content Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Sources
New Magic for Old: TV in Cree Culture -- The Far North.
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Granzberg, Gary; And Others – Journal of Communication, 1977
Discusses the impact of television on Cree Indians within the context of their culture. Traditional conceptions about communication cause the Cree to be susceptible to TV, take it literally, idolize the superhero characters, read special messages into it concerning behavior requirements, and to be concerned about its potential harm to children.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Canada Natives
Presence and Image of Women in the Information Media Aimed at Adolescents Aged 10 to 16.
Dansereau, Stephanie; Maranda, Jeanne – 1997
An exploratory study identified the areas of information most commonly featured in the printed and electronic media designed specifically for adolescents aged 10-16 and also identified the presence and role of women in the information targeted to this age group. A content analysis was made of both French- and English-language television programs…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Content Analysis, Females, Foreign Countries
Anik I and Isolation: Television in the Lives of Canadian Eskimos -- The Far North.
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Coldevin, Gary O. – Journal of Communication, 1977
Describes the impact of the expanded availability of television as a result of the Anik I satellite transmission system on the Canadian Eskimo (adults have an increased knowledge of national and international affairs). Indicates critical social and psychological effects on Eskimo children while adults have retained traditional social customs and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communications Satellites
Educational Communications and the Formulation of National and International Orientations.
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Coldevin, Gary O. – 1973
This study surveyed equal groups of American, French Canadian, and English-Canadian high school students to learn what sources they used in formulating views on national and international issues. A total of 600 eleventh grade history students was surveyed. Results showed that mass media was the primary source used by all groups: in particular…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Differences, Educational Television, Information Sources
The Wired Homestead: An MIT Press Sourcebook on the Internet and the Family.
Turow, Joseph, Ed.; Kavanaugh, Andrea L., Ed. – 2003
The use of the Internet in homes rivals the advent of the telephone, radio, or television in social significance. This book compiles findings from communication theorists and social scientists concerning the effects of the Internet on the lives of the family unit and its members. The book examines historical precedents of parental concern over…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Computers, Electronic Mail, Family Environment