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Public Television and Political Socialization; A Field Experiment on the Impact of a Public Television Series on the Political Knowledge, Attitudes and Communication Behaviors of Adolescents. Final Report.

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Atkin, Charles K.; Greenberg, Bradley S. – 1974

A study was made of the reactions of 544 Tallahassee high school students to a public television series, "Today in the Legislature", which presented segments of a session of the state legislature of Florida in six 50-minute programs. The main goal was to determine the major effect of mass media on political knowledge and its influence on…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Research, Educational Television