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ERIC Number: EJ402221
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Desensitizing Children's Emotional Reactions to the Mass Media.
Wilson, Barbara J.
Communication Research, v16 n6 p723-45 Dec 1989
Assesses effectiveness of two desensitization strategies for reducing children's emotional reactions to mass media. Examines children having passive exposure, modeled exposure, or no exposure to lizards before watching a horror movie involving lizards. Finds that modeled exposure decreases emotional reactions and negative interpretations, whereas passive exposure has a more limited effect. (KEH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Audience Response, Children, Communication Research, Desensitization, Elementary Education, Emotional Response, Films, Mass Media Effects, Media Research, Popular Culture
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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