Media in Educational Research: Are the New Electronic Media a Threat to Literacy or a Challenge for the Literate?.

Robinson, Brent

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Publication Date: 1985

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Media in Educational Research: Are the New Electronic Media a Threat to Literacy or a Challenge for the Literate?

Robinson, Brent

British Journal of Educational Technology, v16 n1 p42-59 Jan 1985

Considers demands on the reader of printed material displayed on the video screen. Ways that electronic media can engender and foster reading skills are discussed, including use of graphics in video displays and ways educationalists may contribute to development of videotext and software to teach reading. (40 references) (MBR)

Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Computer Software, Design Preferences, Display Systems, Educational Television, Literacy, Literature Reviews, Mass Media Effects, Reading Ability, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Skill Development, Technological Advancement, Videotex, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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