Creating a Learning Context: Investigations on the Interaction of Siblings during Television Viewing.

Alexander, Alison; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ311329

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Publication Date: 1984

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Creating a Learning Context: Investigations on the Interaction of Siblings during Television Viewing.

Alexander, Alison; And Others

Critical Studies in Mass Communication, v1 n4 p345-64 Dec 1984

Demonstrates through a case study and a participant observation study that siblings interact about television in such a way that the form and content of their talk creates a learning context. Concludes that, despite concerns about "zombie" viewers, children are not passive, unresponsive recipients of television. (PD)

Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Communication Research, Interaction, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Usage, Siblings, Television Research, Television Viewing, Verbal Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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