Influences of Family Communication on Children's Television-Interpretation Processes.

Austin, Erica Weintraub; And Others

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Publication Date: 1990

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Influences of Family Communication on Children's Television-Interpretation Processes.

Austin, Erica Weintraub; And Others

Communication Research, v17 n4 p545-64 Aug 1990

Tests the effects (in a large field study) of family communication environment and parental mediation of television content on third, sixth, and ninth graders' (1) perceptions of the realism of television content and its similarity to real life; and (2) their identification with television characters. Finds that the parent directly mediates perceptions of similarity but not of realism. (SR)

Descriptors: Children, Communication Research, Family Communication, Family Environment, Family Influence, Grade 3, Grade 6, Grade 9, Mass Media Role, Parent Child Relationship, Television, Television Research, Television Viewing

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Language: English

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