Family Mediation Patterns and Television Viewing.

Abstract

A sample of kindergarten andjrst-grade children was studied in a research center and at school to determine the extent to which family communication mediated their comprehension of television, as well as a series of cognitive skills necessary for such comprehension. Results indicate that, even when intelligence is controlled for, several cognitive and imaginative skills and particular family interaction styles such as establishment of rules about television or explanation rather thanprescription are related to the ability to understand television.The study of television in the lives of young children has passed through three major stages. The first stage, beginning in the 1950s, centered on the role of television in the leisure spectrum of children and adolescents (Himmelweit, Oppenheim, & Vince, 1958; Schramm, Lyle, & Parker, 1961). Such investigations have typically adopted a global approach, Roger Jon Desmond (Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1977) is an associate professor of communication at the University of Hartford and a visiting fellow in psychology at Yale University. Jerome L. Singer (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1950) is a professor of psychology at Yale University. Dorothy G. Singer (ED.D., Columbia University, 1966) is o 1985 International Communication Assn. 461 a professor of psychology, University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. RacheZ CaZam (Ph.D., University of Liverpool, 1981) is a research associate in psychology, University of Manchester, England. Karen Colimore (B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz, 1983) is a research associate at

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