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Aden, Roger C. – Communication Education, 1991
Explores an episode of the television sitcom "ALF" to illustrate how teachers can help students become critical consumers of television by teaching students about the medium of television using self-reflexive television texts. (SR)
Descriptors: Critical Viewing, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Television
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Yanich, Danilo – Crime & Delinquency, 2005
The vast majority of crime reporting occurs on local television news and in newspapers. Although crimes are extraordinary events, they assume an ordinariness that only daily reporting can give them. The obvious question is what does the news tell us about crime. This article compares the coverage of adult crime and the coverage of what the author…
Descriptors: Crime, Critical Viewing, Television Viewing, News Reporting
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Buckingham, David – Journal of Educational Media, 1997
This paper offers a comparative analysis of three television news programs aimed at children: the BBC's "Newsround," Nickelodeon's "Nick News," and "Channel One News." Focuses on implicit assumptions about the child viewer, and on the ways in which these are manifested in the selection and framing of content and in…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Broadcast Journalism, Children, Comparative Analysis
Bedore, Joan M. – 1992
A study which reviewed the research literature analyzed the relationship between television advertisements and the lowering of the self concept. Although television advertising has a relatively short history, today a person can hardly escape from it. Advertisements are specifically targeted to age-related and demographic groups. By focusing on…
Descriptors: Critical Viewing, Mass Media Role, Media Research, Minority Groups
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Vooijs, Marcel W.; van der Voort, Tom H. A. – Journal of Educational Television, 1993
Describes a study conducted in Dutch primary schools to alter the cognitive effects that television violence can have on 10- to 12-year-olds by encouraging them to evaluate critically the portrayal of violence. Teacher and student attitudes are discussed, and the educational effects of the curriculum are considered. (Contains 20 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Critical Viewing, Educational Television
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Mifsud, Joseph – Journal of Educational Television, 1994
Examines the role of television in media education and investigates methodological and organizational principles adduced for the study of media during Mediamix, a weekly television program for 10- to 14-year olds shown on TV Malta. Results of an evaluation of the series, including surveys of viewers and teachers, are reported. (Contains 23…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Audience Analysis, Childrens Television
Hillyer, Kathryn Oliver – 1993
Television advertising aimed at children is explored, including its regulation, techniques, and research on its effects. Particular attention is given to sexual stereotypes in commercials, including an analysis of certain commercials. A commercial literacy unit is presented for use with fourth graders. The history of advertising targeted at…
Descriptors: Characterization, Children, Childrens Television, Consumer Protection
Gueulette, David G. – 1993
Given the explosion in the use of instructional television, it is especially important that it be used appropriately in international and multicultural classrooms. In 1990, a team of researchers at Northern Illinois University (De Kalb) began to compile findings from a study of the most critical audience factors with impacts on the design and…
Descriptors: Bulletins, Critical Viewing, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student)
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Brown, Pamela U. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
This chapter will explore the "shadow curriculum" (a term used by those who question the assumption that direct selling to students who are compelled to attend school is questionable on several levels--ethical, moral, and democratic) and its connection to media literacy. The author first summarizes the kinds of marketing in schools that…
Descriptors: Television Viewing, Marketing, Decision Making, Corporations