Communicating More than Content: Formal Features of Children's Television Programs.

Huston, Aletha C.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ248340

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Publication Date: 1981

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Communicating More than Content: Formal Features of Children's Television Programs.

Huston, Aletha C.; And Others

Journal of Communication, v31 n3 p32-48 Sum 1981

Presents a taxonomy of formal features of television and examines ways in which these features are used in current productions for children. Coding categories for formal features include action, pace, visual events, and auditory features. Concludes that commercial producers stress formal features as much or more than content. (PD)

Descriptors: Animation, Cartoons, Children, Childrens Television, Classification, Humor, Production Techniques, Television Research, Violence

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reference Materials - Vocabularies/Classifications; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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