This paper, prepared as part of the Project in Television and Early Childhood Education at the University of Southern California, summarizes and examines issues found in past and current research in the area of television and children's language acquisition. It is assumed that television is an increasingly large part of children's early experience…

Presented here are the findings of a telephone survey of randomly selected middle class families with preschool children. The survey, conducted as part of the Project in Television and Early Childhood Education at the University of Southern California, was initiated to provide a description of preschool children's viewing behavior and…