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Download full textCorporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, DC. – 1995
In May 1995 the Corporation for Public Broadcasting commissioned a national study into attitudes and perceptions about public television. The study was conducted by Yankelovich Partners under the Omnibus Survey and included Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White Americans. The results demonstrated that public television is a well-established and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Attitudes, Audience Response, Blacks
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. – 1993
It is estimated that the typical American child will watch 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence before finishing elementary school. Concern for the impact television violence may have on American society prompted this Senate hearing. As stated by Senator Hollings, the goals of the hearing were the following: (1) to determine the compelling…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Rearing, Children, Childrens Television
Center for Population Options, Washington, DC. – 1994
This booklet shows parents and other adults how to use entertainment television to spark discussions with children and adolescents about sexuality, values, responsibility, communication, and other sensitive subjects (personal relationships, race and culture, drug use). First published in 1989, this booklet has been updated annually. Discussion…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cultural Influences, Drug Use
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, DC. – 1993
Television plays an important role in the lives of American children today. In addition to providing entertainment for children, television has an impact on children's learning both in school and outside of school. In November 1993, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting acquired data about children's viewpoints about television usage for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Audience Response, Children
Parker, McCrae A.; Miller, Patti; Donegan, Kevin; Gilliam, Franklin D., Jr. – 2001
Children Now is an independent children's advocacy group that promotes solutions to problems facing American children, with particular attention to the needs of those who are poor or at risk. The group provides policy expertise and up-to-date information on the status of children. Children Now's Children and the Media Program works to improve the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
What's on? You, Your Family and the Tube = Qu'y a-t-il au programme? Vous, votre famille et la tele.
Theilheimer, Ish, Ed.; Eisner, Kathy, Ed. – Transition, 1995
This issue of the Canadian journal "Transition," in French and English language versions, examines the impact of television viewing and programming on family life. Major articles in this issue are: (1) "Virtual Unreality: Television, Families and Communities in the Nineties" (Alan Mirabelli), describes the isolating influence…
Descriptors: Children, Commercial Television, Eskimos, Family Life
Fisch, Shalom M., Ed.; Truglio, Rosemarie T., Ed. – 2001
"Sesame Street," 30-years-old in 1999, is possibly the most influential program in children's educational television. This book collects and synthesizes key research studies since the program's inception, describing the processes by which educational content and research are integrated into production, reviewing major studies of the…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Television, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Chen, Perry; Haufler, Adrienne; Taam, Heidi – 1999
This pamphlet presents the results of a series of focus groups comprised of Native American children and adolescents regarding their perceptions of race and class in the media. The results indicated that although some youth were concerned most about the absence of their group in the media, others were primarily concerned about stereotyped…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, American Indians, Childhood Attitudes
Chen, Perry; Kunkel, Dale; Miller, Patti – 1999
News media hold significant power and responsibility in focusing public attention on child-related issues. This document summarizes a study of news coverage of children in national media in 1994 and reports on the follow-up conducted in 1998. The follow-up study was based on a sample of national news coverage collected throughout November 1998…
Descriptors: Children, Content Analysis, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
Chevallier, Eric; Mansour, Sylvie – Children in the Tropics, 1993
This booklet examines the influence of television on children and adolescents in developing and developed nations, reviewing research on television's relationship to child health and development. The first section reviews specific research on such variables as number of television sets in use, amount of time spent watching television, age, sex,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Health, Children
Steinberg, Shirley R., Ed.; Kincheloe, Joe L., Ed. – 1998
Changing economic realities, coupled with children's access to information about the adult world, have drastically changed the social construction of childhood. Noting that education takes place in a variety of social sites including but not limited to school, this book examines the influence of commercial concerns on this cultural pedagogy and…
Descriptors: Advertising, Business, Change Strategies, Child Rearing
Messner, Mike; Hunt, Darnell; Dunbar, Michele; Chen, Perry; Lapp, Joan; Miller, Patti – 1999
Sports programming plays a significant role in the media messages that American boys receive today. To explore the messages that sports programming presents to its audience, this report relates the findings of a study that analyzed a representative selection of sports programs and their accompanying commercials; also presented are findings from a…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Advertising, Athletics
von Feilitzen, Cecilia, Comp.; Bucht, Catharina, Comp. – 2001
This report compiles information on recent and current trends in media literacy, including research on children and media, declarations related to the area, and a selection of relevant organizations and Web sites. The report first delineates children's rights as stipulated in the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, especially as they…
Descriptors: Advertising, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Childrens Rights
Children Now, Oakland, CA. – 1998
Although America is engaged in a national dialogue about race, children's voices have yet to be heard on the matter. This study used a series of focus groups and a national poll of 10- to 17-year-olds to examine their views about race and the role of the media in shaping understanding. Participating in the polls were 1,200 children, 300 in each…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Asian Americans, Blacks
MacBeth, Tannis M., Ed. – 1996
Research indicates that children are especially vulnerable to the effects of television viewing. Taking a psychological, social-science perspective, this book explores how television viewing affects children. Chapter 1, "Introduction," (MacBeth) discusses the issues involved, how researchers go about studying media effects, whether television…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Age Differences, Aggression
