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Peer reviewedLehr, Fran – Reading Teacher, 1981
Discusses ERIC documents that deal with the negative influences television viewing exerts on reading achievement. (FL)
Descriptors: Influences, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Television Research
Download full textSmith, Marilyn E. – 1993
This digest describes the overall pattern of the results of research on television violence and behavior. Several variables in the relationship between television violence and aggression related to characteristics of the viewers and to the portrayal of violence are identified. Viewer characteristics included: age, amount of television watched,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior
Comstock, George; Paik, Hae-Jung – 1987
This review of recent empirical research on the effects of television on children and teenagers begins by examining the results of two surveys which were conducted to determine the opinions of experts in the field. A brief statement of the findings indicates that experts generally agree that television harms formal scholastic achievement while…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Children
Johns, Jerry; And Others – 1993
Reflecting the concern which has been generated over the influence of television viewing on society at large, this "FAST Bib" presents annotations of 31 ERIC documents and journal articles published between 1989 and 1992. Annotations in the FAST Bib are divided into five sections: (1) Overview; (2) The Connection between Television and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence
Schleicher, Klaus – 1979
A human ecological approach to the study of children's television viewing raises questions that researchers have largely neglected. Does television influence the interaction patterns of socializing agents with children and with one another? Are there long-term, psychological consequences of unintegrated and competing influences from television and…
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Educational Development, Educational Television, Foreign Countries
Lehr, Fran – 1986
Intended for administrators and policymakers as well as teachers, this digest explores the relationship between television viewing habits and reading achievement. The digest first examines recent research indicating a negative relationship between television viewing in excess of ten hours and reading performance. The digest next focuses on the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Attitudes
Aidman, Amy – 1997
This digest reports recent findings on violent television content, highlights the recently developed television ratings system, and offers suggestions for parental mediation of children's television viewing. The National Television Violence Study has demonstrated that not all violence is equal. Certain plot elements in portrayals of violence are…
Descriptors: Aggression, Audience Response, Child Behavior, Content Analysis
