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Download full textNeuman, Susan B. – 1985
A study of formula fiction books was conducted to determine how these books fit into women's lives, what images they bring to mind, and what uses they serve. Seventy-two women from the ages of 18 to 70 read a Harlequin Romance novel by Sue Byfield. Then the group participated in several focus group discussions, a qualitative indepth technique that…
Descriptors: Females, Fiction, Novels, Reading Habits
Neuman, Susan B. – 1981
A study examined the relationship between television viewing and reading behavior within a sample of 198 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students: specifically, whether the amount and specific content of television being viewed affected reading achievement and leisure reading patterns. Intelligence and reading achievement scores of each participant…
Descriptors: Children, Intermediate Grades, Media Research, Reading Achievement
Neuman, Susan B. – 1982
A study was conducted to determine whether students' preferences for reading or for viewing television were related to the quality of their leisure reading choices. The families of 198 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students were asked to complete television and reading logs for four weeks. Sixty-six students were identified from this sample as…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits
Peer reviewedNeuman, Susan B. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1988
Examines television's impact on reading and school achievement in terms of the displacement hypothesis (watching television displaces developmental reading activities). Indicates small differences in reading scores for children watching two to four hours a day, but beyond four hours effects are negative and increasingly deleterious. (SR)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Role
Neuman, Susan B.; Prowda, Peter – 1981
To examine the relationship between reading performance and television viewing, the state of Connecticut's third assessment of educational progress in reading included questions relating to the reading materials available in students' homes, their television viewing habits, and their attitudes toward reading. Approximately 8,000 students in grades…
Descriptors: Correlation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11
Greaney, Vincent; Neuman, Susan B. – 1983
To determine if purposes in reading differ with sex, grade level, and nationality, a 16-item "Functions of Reading Scale" (developed from content analysis of student essays on why they like to read) was administered to 459 Irish (Dublin, Ireland) and American (Windham, Connecticut) students in grades three, five, and eight. Data…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
