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Download full textFisch, Shalom M.; Brown, Susan K. McCann; Cohen, David I. – 1999
Several current television series for preschool children convey stories, not through meaningful dialogue, but through visual information and intonational cues embedded within nonsensical dialogue. This study examined young children's ability to construct meaning from such materials. Participating were 135 preschoolers, 3 to 5 years old. Subjects…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Audience Response, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension
Rolandelli, David R.; And Others – 1985
A study was conducted to (1) examine children's visual and auditory attention to, and comprehension of, narrated and nonnarrated versions of two television programs, and (2) test a measure of auditory attention in relation to visual attention and to comprehension of information presented with or without narration. Subjects, 117 five- and…
Descriptors: Attention, Aural Learning, Children, Comparative Analysis
Hobbs, Renee – 1986
Noting that both the structural characteristics of television and the characteristics of the viewer may influence comprehension of television news, a study tested the hypothesis that the synchronous presentation of television news will maximize learning for viewers with low prior knowledge of program content. Synchronous and nonsynchronous…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis
