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Valkenburg, Patti M.; van der Voort, Tom H. A. – Communication Research, 1995
Studies a large sample of Dutch children. Finds that a positive-intense daydreaming style was stimulated by watching nonviolent children's programs and was inhibited by watching violent dramatic programs, while an aggressive-heroic daydreaming style was stimulated by watching violent dramatic programs and inhibited by watching nonviolent programs.…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Children, Communication Research, Higher Education
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Vooijs, Marcel W.; van der Voort, Tom H. A. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1993
Explores the impact of an in-school curriculum designed to teach children 10-12 years of age to become more discriminate consumers of violent crime series seen on television. Results show children perceiving the good guys' violent actions more critically and increasing their understanding of the differences between television and real life…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Audience Response, Criticism, Curriculum Evaluation
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van der Molen, Juliette H. Walma; van der Voort, Tom H. A. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1998
A sample of 144 fourth and sixth graders was presented with five children's news stories, in television form or in one of three print versions. Results indicated that children who watched news on television remembered the stories better than children who read one of the three print versions, regardless of their level of reading proficiency.…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Children, Educational Television, Elementary School Students