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Peer reviewedWright, John C; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Measures children's attention to television programs varying in pace and continuity and assesses recall of the temporal sequence of program events. Attention and comprehension covaried more in animated than in live shows. Age, continuity, and pace effects on recall were not fully accounted for by their effects on attention. (Author/AS)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Childrens Television, Elementary Education, Kindergarten Children
Peer reviewedHuston, Aletha C. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Children from grades one through six judged commercially produced advertisements, specially produced "pseudocommercials," and verbal descriptions as better suited to advertise a feminine or masculine sex-typed toy. Comprehension of sex-typed connotations was predicted by home television viewing patterns but not by general knowledge of sex…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Comprehension, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
Gaffney, Maureen, Ed. – Young Viewers Magazine, 1981
Designed for media specialists and educators, the four articles in this issue focus on television's effects on children. Following a brief editorial reviewing current directions of research in this area, the first article compares the American pre-school educational television program "Sesame Street" with its Australian counterpart.…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Early Childhood Education, Educational Television, Elementary Education
Maxwell, Rhoda, Ed. – 1982
Recognizing that students spend more time before the television set than in school, this monograph evaluates television as a potential resource in the teaching of English. The nine articles in the collection (1) discuss the effect of massive television viewing on children in and out of the classroom; (2) examine the students' need to apply…
Descriptors: Audiences, Childrens Television, Commercial Television, Critical Thinking
Download full textPloghoft, Milton – 1985
Television viewing by children is a major concern of parents, legislators, and educators in the United States today. By high school graduation a young person will have watched 15,000 hours of television as compared to 11,000 to 12,000 hours spent in school. Concerned groups fear a loss of reading ability, the development of a consumer mentality,…
Descriptors: Audiences, Child Development, Childrens Television, Citizenship Responsibility
Alperowicz, Cynthia – 1983
Suitable for classroom use, the handbook promotes public awareness of the need to provide more positive role models and fewer negative stereotypes on children's television. Each section contains photographic examples and quotations by members representing organizations such as Black Endowment Television, the National Association for the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Stereotypes, Childrens Television, Commercial Television
Levin, Diane E. – 1998
Ever since television became a daily staple of U.S. family life, its influence on children has been the subject of study and debate. No aspect of the debate has been more heated than violence in the media. But a growing knowledge base has shifted the focus of the debate from whether media violence contributes to violence in real life to what can…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Development, Child Welfare, Childrens Television
