How Children Reacted to Televised Coverage of the Space Shuttle Disaster.

Wright, John C.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ388615

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Publication Date: 1989

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How Children Reacted to Televised Coverage of the Space Shuttle Disaster.

Wright, John C.; And Others

Journal of Communication, v39 n2 p27-45 Spr 1989

Explores the effects of live television coverage of the space shuttle Challenger disaster on school children. Finds that children tended to react according to gender stereotypes of impersonal regret versus personal involvement and respond with either a cognitive orientation or a social and emotional orientation. (MS)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Response, Mass Media Effects, Preadolescents, Sex Stereotypes, Television Research, Television Viewing

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Language: English

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