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Huston-Stein, Aletha; Wright, John C. – 1977
This paper discusses research on the effects of formal features of television programs on children's attention, comprehension, and social behavior. Formal features are defined as visual and auditory events which are not primarily a part of the content or message. Three models of the influences of form and content are discussed: (1) the…
Descriptors: Attention, Cartoons, Childrens Television, Comprehension
Kellner, Hella – EBU Review, 1979
Reanalyzes previously reported data (EBU Review; v27, n6, Nov 1976 and v29, n2, Mar 1978) on television viewing among 85 families in the Federal Republic of Germany to answer questions concerning aspects of viewer behavior in families, adult self-image, and children's daily viewing patterns. (RAO)
Descriptors: Aggression, Audiences, Broadcast Television, Childrens Television
Palmer, Patricia – 1986
This research project used a conceptual framework to study television viewing as a process of communication rather than as a one way transfer of information from the set to the person. Children's own definitions of experience of television viewing/behavior were used to shape the direction and concerns of the project. As background to, and in…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Communication (Thought Transfer), Diaries, Elementary Education
Meyer, Manfred, Comp.; Nissen, Ursula, Comp. – 1979
This bibliography of selected television research lists 914 references to English, French and German publications (empirical studies, research reviews and summarizing literature) which deal with the use of television and its various functions for children and adolescents and particularly with the effects of television on children's personality and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Bibliographies, Children