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| Interaction | 1 |
| Interaction Process Analysis | 1 |
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| Verbal Learning | 1 |
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| Critical Studies in Mass… | 1 |
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| Alexander, Alison | 1 |
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Peer reviewedAlexander, Alison; And Others – Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1984
Demonstrates through a case study and a participant observation study that siblings interact about television in such a way that the form and content of their talk creates a learning context. Concludes that, despite concerns about "zombie" viewers, children are not passive, unresponsive recipients of television. (PD)
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Communication Research, Interaction
