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Peer reviewedWilson, Barbara J. – Communication Research, 1991
Explores children's ability to understand formal features of television and film by investigating their reactions to a televised dream. Indicates that children are able to recognize dreams in mass media programing and that prior knowledge of an upcoming dream can influence children's interpretations of and emotional reactions to dreamed events in…
Descriptors: Children, Dreams, Elementary Education, Films
Peer reviewedWilson, Barbara J. – Communication Research, 1989
Assesses effectiveness of two desensitization strategies for reducing children's emotional reactions to mass media. Examines children having passive exposure, modeled exposure, or no exposure to lizards before watching a horror movie involving lizards. Finds that modeled exposure decreases emotional reactions and negative interpretations, whereas…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Audience Response, Children, Communication Research
