A study of sex as seen on television and as it relates to adolescent sexual self image demonstrates that a relationship exists between perceptions of television portrayals of sex and initial coital satisfaction. Satisfaction with being a virgin was unrelated to perceptions of television sex. (Author/LS)

Concludes that television viewing and adolescent audiences' perceptions of program reality are strongly related. (FL)

Describes patterns of exposure and motivation of adolescent sample group. Correlates findings with race, gender, involvement with peers, attitude toward school, and other personal circumstances. (MS)

Presents three scales for measuring relationships between adolescent television viewers and the television content consumed by them. (MH)

Reviews research on television and human behavior. Evidence indicates that television affects both the beliefs and behaviors of young people. (MH)

Designed to indicate the reasons behind viewer program preferences, this 32nd report of an annual opinion poll presents the results of a survey which asked 914 participants to evaluate 3,584 television programs they liked, did not like, and/or to evaluate new programs. Tables summarize the reasons why programs were selected by viewers, their…

A study was conducted to explore the hypothesis that heavy television viewing, particularly the viewing of a great deal of violence, cultivates certain misconceptions about social reality. Four counties in Florida were selected for the study on the basis of geographical location and amount of violent crime. Survey questionnaires were administered…

Determining what aspects of television entertainment program content influence a viewer in his decision about the real/pretend nature of that content was the purpose of this study, in which interviews were conducted with children, adolescents, and adults. Interview responses were coded in categories of content cues, with the coding of content…

Investigates differences among children, young teenagers, and adolescents in television viewing program preferences, attitude about the medium, and motivation to use television. (Author/JEG)

Concludes that adolescent aggression increases with perceived reality of television violence. (FL)

Shows that youth's image of TV police is not correlated with his image of actual police; television images held by delinquents and middle-class adolescents do not differ. (TO)

Examines adolescents' television viewing motives, activities, and satisfaction, in an attempt to integrate the audience activity construct into the uses and gratifications model. Suggests that more strongly motivated viewers engage more actively in various audience activities throughout the viewing process and receive greater viewing satisfaction…

This study examined female adolescent characters portrayed in over 200 episodes of 19 prime time television programs aired in the spring of 1988, and analyzed the messages these programs conveyed about education and work. It was found that although adolescent girls outnumbered adolescent boys on prime time television, these female characters were…

This study investigated Israeli adolescents' differential perceptions of social conflicts in the "real" world and in television news. Overall results suggest that, when asked to do so, adolescents are able to differentiate between the social conflicts and their symbolic representations in television news. (PD)