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Peer reviewedSelnow, Gary W. – Journal of Communication, 1990
Describes how values are portrayed on prime-time network television. Looks at the prominence of values incidents in a story line and at how fully the values are explained. Examines how values incidents are structured and linked. Concludes that values incidents play an integral, if not principal, role in television programs. (RS)
Descriptors: Commercial Television, Content Analysis, Mass Media Role, Moral Values
Peer reviewedSelnow, Gary W. – Journal of Communication, 1984
Concluded that the children in this study (ages 10-14) played video games in arcades for some of the same reasons they watched television: (1) escape; (2) a sense of personal involvement in the action; and (3) a source of or substitute for companionship. (PD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Friendship, Individual Needs
