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ERIC Number: EJ278677
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Mar
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Getting the News in Virginia: A Provocative Study of How Students Find Out "What's New?"
Fleming, Dan B.; Weber, Larry J.
Social Education, v47 n3 p216-18 Mar 1983
A study involving 2,000 8th and 11th grade students showed that males and females appear to be different in their news knowledge and news acquisition habits. Boys knew more about national and international events than girls, watched more television news, and read newspapers more often. (RM)
Descriptors: Current Events, Information Sources, Knowledge Level, Mass Media, News Media, Newspapers, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Social Studies, Television
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: News Sources