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Peer reviewedCompton, Mary F. – Clearing House, 1983
Disputes previous research findings that the amount of time spent viewing television declines significantly during the adolescent years. (FL)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Commercial Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Middle Schools
Download full textDewalt, Mark W.; And Others – 1987
The portrayal of reading, writing, and other selected behaviors on prime-time network television was examined in this two-part study. First, an interest inventory was administered to a sample of 301 elementary students (i.e., grades 1-5) in South Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania to determine their favorite television shows, books, and school…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Children, Commercial Television, Content Analysis
Lisberg, Beth C.; McConeghy, Gary L. – Educational and Industrial Television, 1973
Authors describe the results of their research project dealing with what children like about commercial television and the implications for instructional television. (HB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Commercial Television
Gordon, Thomas F. – 1973
The major question of this study is: Does the time context of a TV program affect children's conclusions about the action? If violent or aggressive behavior is viewed on television by children, how will they respond to the action when they know the action takes place in either the past, the present, or the future? Fifth and sixth grade boys viewed…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests
