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Download full textWan, Guofang – 2000
This study involved a content analysis of 25 episodes of "Barney and Friends," a popular children's television series by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). The study examined the literacy elements of "Barney and Friends" through the perspectives of emergent literacy theories. The purposes of the study were: (1) to find out…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Content Analysis, Educational Television, Emergent Literacy
Peer reviewedWood, Julie M.; Duke, Nell K. – Language Arts, 1997
Examines three episodes of the children's educational television show "Reading Rainbow." Finds that the program reflects prevailing beliefs about literacy development--it provides viewers with many experiences with print through exposure to quality children's literature and through modeling the use and enjoyment of literacy; employs…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Educational Television, Emergent Literacy
