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Peer reviewedWilson, Barbara J.; Weiss, Audrey J. – Communication Monographs, 1991
Assesses the effectiveness of two reality explanations on children's reactions to frightening programs. Shows that neither influenced younger children's emotional or cognitive reactions, whereas the special tricks explanation reduced older children's emotional responses with no impact on their interpretation. Shows that the real life explanation…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Children, Films, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWilson, Barbara J.; Smith, Stacy L.; Potter, W. James; Kunkel, Dale; Linz, Daniel; Colvin, Carolyn M.; Donnerstein, Edward – Journal of Communication, 2002
Investigates the nature and extent of violence contained in television programming that targets children aged 12 and younger. Notes that the violence itself is just as likely to be glamorized in children's as in nonchildren's shows, but it is even more sanitized and more likely to be trivialized. Documents five subgenres of children's programming…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Childrens Television, Elementary Education, Programming (Broadcast)
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
