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McCain, Thomas A.; Ross, Mark G. – Human Communication Research, 1979
Attempts to validate the basic constructs of a theory of cognitive switching developed from human performance literature and signaled stopping research. Presents data which display behavioral traces of the ways people organize television news into their information-processing system. (JMF)
Descriptors: Audiences, Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes