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Child and Adolescent Television Use and Political Socialization

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Rubin, Alan M. – Journalism Quarterly, 1978

A study of the relationships between television use and political socialization indicated that lower levels of political information and understandings of the workings of government are associated with increased quantities of television viewing, but that positive political attitudes and higher levels of political knowledge are associated with…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Knowledge Level, Political Attitudes

Public Television and Political Socialization; A Field Experiment on the Impact of a Public Television Series on the Political Knowledge, Attitudes and Communication Behaviors of Adolescents. Final Report.

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Atkin, Charles K.; Greenberg, Bradley S. – 1974

A study was made of the reactions of 544 Tallahassee high school students to a public television series, "Today in the Legislature", which presented segments of a session of the state legislature of Florida in six 50-minute programs. The main goal was to determine the major effect of mass media on political knowledge and its influence on…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Research, Educational Television