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Avery, Robert K. – 1978
Based on data from eight studies that have contributed the bulk of research on adolescents' uses of and gratification from the medium of television, the following conclusions emerge: the time spent watching television peaks at age 12 and declines by 10% by age 18; television provides a means of escape, relaxation, entertainment, and relief from…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Audiences, Broadcast Television
