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Peer reviewedElliott, William R.; Slater, Dan – Journalism Quarterly, 1980
Concludes that television viewing and adolescent audiences' perceptions of program reality are strongly related. (FL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mass Media, Perception, Television Research
Download full textSlater, Dan; Elliott, William R. – 1980
A questionnaire survey was conducted to discern the effect of television police/crime programs on adolescents' knowledge of real life law enforcement activities. The sample population was composed of 313 average high school students, 160 students involved in a "positive" police situation through taking courses taught by police officers,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Delinquency, Law Enforcement
Peer reviewedSlater, Dan; Elliott, William R. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1982
The value of "cultivation analysis" as a theoretical and analytic framework for investigating the effects of television has been questioned. This study suggests that of the viewing/reality variables, the most important is perceived law enforcement program realism, a variable generally excluded from cultivation analysis studies. (PD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, Law Enforcement, Literature Reviews
