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ERIC Number: EJ371940
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Effects of Humorous Distortions on Children's Learning from Educational Television: Further Evidence.
Weaver, James; And Others
Communication Education, v37 n3 p181-87 Jul 1988
Examines the effects of humorous distortions on children's learning from educational television. Measured information acquisition and funniness after exposure, and concludes that humor in educational messages that distorts information will give children faulty impressions of novel phenomena. (MM)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Childhood Attitudes, Educational Television, Grade 4, Grade 8, Humor, Irony, Mass Media Effects, Programing (Broadcast), Television Research, Television Viewing, Visual Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Audience Awareness; Audience Response