The research literature on the effects of television on the behavior and attitudes of children shows that most television programs and commercials present a highly distorted view of life and society and show discrimination in character roles with regard to sex and race. Above everything, American commercial television is violent and children…

Reviews salient findings of media research involving young children and discusses implications of these findings for future research and applications in instructional computing. Effects of television viewing on attention and comprehension, achievement, development of mental skills, and behavior and socioemotional development, and comparative media…