Do children learn from television? Are some children more drawn to television

than others? Do infants and toddlers pay attention to and understand television?

Which type of television programming are most effective with children? Do the

behavior in television shows provide a model for the behavior of a child? Does

advertising on television affect children? Do children obtain a "release or

"purging" of their emotions from their vicarious involvement in television

shows? Does the content of television entertainment affect a child's conception

of his or her own sex roles and his or her feelings toward his or her ethnicity?

Does it affect his or her conception of opposite sex roles? Which activities in

a child's life are replaced by television viewing? Does watching a lot of

television affect a child's ability to read? Does it affect his or her

preference for reading? Does it affect the amount of time he or she usually

spends with books? How does television viewing fit into family life? Within the

family, who chooses the programs to be watched? Do children accept the racial

conditions in which they live. Again those variables like socioeconomic status

countered by the corresponding fear that they might be learning the wrong kinds

positive thing in the lives of children. According to this theory, television

Rogers' sessions was similar to peer counseling. That is being kind, being

understand the role television could play in their lives.

Batman and Superman cartoons, a diet of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, or a diet

children by simply popping a tape into the VCR.

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