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Showing 1 to 20 of 97 for “"Television programs."”.
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Voice : response to children's prime time TV programs
… to children; I used the images from Youth Television (YTV), a cable channel in Canada. Self-reflection on my TV viewing habits and researches about children's TV made me realize the deep effects of materialism behind those stimulating images. In this lesson plan, through the research and …
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A survey of business concerns' attitude concerning sponsorship of educational television programs
Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University
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Facilitating Academic Achievement in High School Interactive Television Programs by Promoting Self-Regulated Learning
… and self-regulation in an interactive television (ITV) classroom. High school students taking the Japanese courses via ITV were asked to engage in self-monitoring activities, including goal setting, self-recording, and self-evaluation for 6 weeks using online databases. The study …
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Associations Between Primetime Television Shows and Viewers' Mathematics Knowledge, Science Knowledge and Confidence
… mathematics content has been observed in adult television programs. The programs CSI and Numb3rs, for example, frequently contain specific references to various science and mathematics problems. It is possible that a viewer's academic self-efficacy, defined as one's belief in the capabilities to …
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Role of Local Television Programs in Promoting Domestic Wildlife Tourism in Tanzania: The Case of Dar es Salaam
… of the study was to examine the role of local television in promoting domestic wildlife tourism. Data was obtained through a questionnaire with 98 members of the general public in Dar es Salaam and interviewing six experts from stakeholder organizations and was analyzed by generating …
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Matou a bicha e foi ao cinema: a representação da homossexualidade nos programas televisivos populares - um estudo sobre ética, violência e educação na mídia brasileira
… of the homosexuality in popular brazilian television programs. This study tries to understand, not judge, the choice for a shocking, sensationalist, violent, bad taste and without ethics vision when such programs approach many different themes, among them homosexuality. We also take a look …
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When education becomes entertainment : the effects of heavy viewing of content light programming on instructional television comprehension and recall
Do the types of television programs we watch affect our comprehension and recall of events presented in another genre? If so, to what extent? Research evidence confirms that network and specialty channel programs are produced to reflect the audience's learning styles, in order to accommodate the …
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A study of public access television as a means to increase the health awareness of adults
… the extent to which the local public access television programs produced by the Wayne County Health Department, Richmond, Indiana had been an effective source of health information in helping raise health awareness for adult residents who have access to cable television. The secondary purpose …
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Konsten att lyckas som par : Populärterapeutiska berättelser, individualisering och kön
… carried out; self-help books for couples, TV programs with relationship-focus, and web discussion boards connected to the TV programs. The analysis is made in relation to sociological theories of individualization, therapeutic culture, feminist studies of couples and inequality, as well as …
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Cheerleaders, jocks, nerds and "the man": popular representations of schooling in modern television
… some type of media for most of the day. However, television remains one of the most popular mediums in America, despite increases in time spent on other forms of electronic media. Scholars have studied movies and their potential as "equipment for living," a central theme in Burke's Philosophy of …
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Pro-social and anti-social effects of television viewing on adolescents: Speculations based on family situation comedy content
Researchers theorize that verbal insults within television family interactions may create images of dysfunctional families that serve as a paradigm for young viewers. This study conducted a content analysis of television programming and speculated about the possible development of antisocial …
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Bullying (1950 - 2010): The Bully and the Bullied
… times. During each decade, popular movies and television programs that provided bullying as entertainment will be examined. This study will explore how popular culture was concurrent with bullying. This study through Barbara Coloroso's (2008) explicit characteristics of the bully and the …
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"Defective childhoods": television news and the social construction of the 'child in need'
The modern media, particularly television news, produces and airs news reports and special programs presenting social justice and human rights stories. Some of these news reports feature children with identified emotional, financial, or other needs. Due to television news' pervasiveness and …
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The Effects of Sibling Co-Viewing on Young Children's Learning of Television Content
… interpretations and evaluations of two different television programs after viewing with older siblings or by themselves. It was hypothesized that those children who viewed a complex, adult oriented program with a sibling at least 3 years older would interpret and evaluate the program better than …
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Socialinių pedagogų požiūris į delinkventinį paauglių elgesį skatinančias televizijos programas /
… affects. Adolescents are more pervious to the television impact, due to an insufficiently formed system of values, at the same time identifying life reality and artistic creation. Watching the aggression of movie heroes, adolescents may develop a tendency to delinquent behavior and than use it …
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Serializing the Middle Ages: Television and the (Re)Production of Pop Culture Medievalisms
… reimaginings in the media. More specifically, television's obvious visual textuality, widespread popularity, and virtually untapped scholarly potential offer an excellent medium through which to analyze pop culture medievalisms—the creative tensions that exists between medieval culture and the …
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Implementing Educational Science Televison in the Third Grade Classroom
… research literature reveals that educational television is in fact educational and does help teach children concepts. The major research supporting this information centers on the television program Sesame Street.</p> <p>Textbooks are still primary resources for providing knowledge, but now …
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