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Peer reviewedChoat, Ernest – Educational Studies, 1988
Reviews theory and research regarding the type and amount of learning young children gain from educational television in preschool settings. Reports the results of a study of 47 six and seven-year-old children's level of understanding of a television program and equivalent story. Includes a taxonomy useful for examining children's level of…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Television
Sims, Monica – Phaedrus, 1978
Children's television transmitted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Independent Broadcasting Authority is reviewed and various types of programs are described. (RAO)
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Childrens Television, Commercial Television, Foreign Culture
Peer reviewedChu, Donna; McIntyre, Bryce T. – Communication Research Reports, 1995
Finds that male characters outnumbered female characters by a ratio of 2:1, but that female characters enjoyed far greater representation in cartoons produced in Japan than in cartoons produced in the United States and Great Britain. Shows that characters conformed to gender-related stereotypes, with males being more aggressive, rough, sloppy, and…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Childrens Television, Communication Research, Content Analysis
Peer reviewedGunter, Barrie; Harrison, Jackie – Children & Society, 1997
Studied violence on children's television in Britain. Found 39% of children's programs examined contained violence, primarily involving shootings and physical assault committed for negative purposes and rarely followed by painful consequences. The fast pace of such programs is also a significant factor. Results pose wider implications for those…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Child Welfare, Childrens Television, Crime
Staven, Karl – Television and Families, 1985
The history of television adaptations of children's books is traced from television's first attempts at network children's programing to local production, network specials, independent stations' production efforts, reading shows, efforts in Canada and Great Britain, and Weston Woods film company productions. Guidelines for programing success are…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Childrens Literature, Childrens Television, Commercial Television
Bourne, Carole – 1986
This document presents the results of a two-year study of a British Broadcasting Company children's news program which examined the goals and routines of the programmers, the program content, and audience response. Observations were made of program routines, the content was analyzed, and responses to the programs were obtained during informal,…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Childrens Television, Concept Formation, Content Analysis
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The History Division of the proceedings contains the following 13 papers: "Repositioning Radio: NBC & the 'Kitchen Radio Campaign' of 1953" (Glenda C. Williams); "The 'Poor Man's Guardian': Radicalism as a Precursor to Marxism" (Eugenie P. Almeida); "Magazine Coverage of Katharine Meyer Graham, 1963-1975" (Mary…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
