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Peer reviewedTelfer, Richard J.; Kann, Robert S. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Shows that the electronic media compete with reading and may affect students' reading achievement. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Influences, Music, Radio
Morris, Sharon – School Library Journal, 1998
Describes how the innovative children's librarian, Katherine Watson, of the Denver (CO) Public Library surveyed famous American men and women in 1929-1930 about their favorite children's books to inspire young readers. Discusses Watson's idea that became children's book week, a book talk with local children's authors, a traveling collection of…
Descriptors: Authors, Children, Childrens Literature, Letters (Correspondence)
Peer reviewedFinn, Seth – Communication Research, 1997
Investigates the five-factor model of personality (neuroticism, extroversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) as a correlate of mass media use. Shows strongest relationships for mass media use between openness and pleasure reading, extroversion and negative pleasure reading, and openness and negative TV viewing. Finds that…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Films, Higher Education, Mass Media Use
