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Van Evra Judith (1998). Television and child development. New Jersey : Lawrence Erlbaum associates.
Added by: Marie Gaussel (29 Feb 2008 13:22:53 Europe/Paris) |
| Resource type: Book BibTeX citation key: VanEvra  |
Categories: General Keywords: médias de masse Creators: Van Evra Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum associates (New Jersey) |
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"Television has become a ubiquitous presence with which children are actively engaged to some degree for an average of 4 hours a day. This level of involvement during nonschool hours has important implications for a child's cognitive and social development. New trends in research are based on the recognition of the significant complexity of the viewing experience. Dozens of variables, and, more importantly, their interactions, need to be studied systematically in order to further our understanding of television's influence on children's development. This book's aim was to bridge communication and psychological fields of inquiry to achieve the most thorough and accurate picture of all of the variables involved. It drew heavily on research literature from both areas in order to provide as thorough and balanced a picture as possible of children's television view ing experience and its interaction with other developmental processes. Which television information is actually processed by a child depends on a complex interaction of factors that include the child's developmental level, past experiences, motivation for viewing, and content and format characteristics of the television programming. Previous views of children's comprehension may have been significant underestimates, however; chil dren appear to understand the "basics" of television at an earlier age than we had previously thought. At times their limited verbal skills may prevent them from communicating their comprehension. At other times, methodological problems may lead to inaccurate or inappropriate conclu sions." Added by: Marie Gaussel |