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Schmitt, Kelly L.; Anderson, Daniel R.; Collins, Patricia A. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Recorded home television viewing of 2-, 5-, 8-, 12-year olds, and adults on time-lapse videotapes over 10-day period. Found that cuts, movement, and overt purposeful character behavior were positively related to viewer's looking behavior, independent of child versus adult programming. Associations with looking behavior for other features depended…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Childrens Television
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Davies, Maire Messenger; Machin, David – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2000
Analyzed the discourse about television programs of 1,300 5- to 13-year-olds from England and Wales. Found that discourse expressed socially responsible and public service values in evaluating programs. Explained finding in terms of children's adaptation to task requirements and ability to access different kinds of adult discourse available in the…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Childrens Television, Cultural Influences
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Coyne, Sarah M.; Archer, John; Eslea, Mike – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2004
Numerous studies have shown that viewing violence in the media can influence an individual's subsequent aggression, but none have examined the effect of viewing indirect aggression. This study examines the immediate effect of viewing indirect and direct aggression on subsequent indirect aggression among 199 children ages 11 to 14 years. They were…
Descriptors: Programming (Broadcast), Aggression, Violence, Child Psychology