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Peer reviewedSchmitt, Kelly L.; Anderson, Daniel R.; Collins, Patricia A. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Recorded home television viewing of 2-, 5-, 8-, 12-year olds, and adults on time-lapse videotapes over 10-day period. Found that cuts, movement, and overt purposeful character behavior were positively related to viewer's looking behavior, independent of child versus adult programming. Associations with looking behavior for other features depended…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Childrens Television
Peer reviewedWright, John C.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1994
Five and seven year olds were able to correctly distinguish between factual and fictional television programs and test clips, based upon genre of program, production features, content. Age and vocabulary scores predicted accuracy of factuality judgments, but television viewing history did not. Older children understood better than younger ones…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Broadcast Television, Childhood Attitudes, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedHuston, Aletha C.; Wright, John C.; Marquis, Janet; Green, Samuel B. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Examined television viewing over three years among two cohorts of 2- and 4-year olds. Found that viewing declined with age. With age, time in reading and educational activities increased on weekdays but declined on weekends, and sex differences in time-use patterns increased. Increased time in educational activities, social interaction, and video…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Behavior, Cohort Analysis, Context Effect
