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Article: Preaching to the Choir: TV Advisory Usage Among Parents of Gifted Children.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Roeper Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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It has long been a well known fact that by the age of 18, most American youngsters will have spent more time in front of a television set than behind a school desk. Most parents and educators recognize television as a major socializing agent, and concerns about television's portrayal of violence and sex and its impact on young children have been long-standing (see, for example, Bandura, 1963). The question of what types of children are most influenced by television is a recurrent theme in the scientific literature, particularly since Schramm, Lyle, and Parker's (1961) conclusion that "for some children, under some conditions, television is particularly harmful" (p. 1). ...