Departmental Papers (ASC)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
January 1985
Abstract
A national survey of mass media scholars was conducted to answer the question, "What impact do you believe television has on children? The 486 scholars' beliefs are provocative, indicate a disparity exists between published empirical reports and the personal beliefs held by scholars and suggests a research agenda for future mass communication research. Perhaps most interestingly, a negative relationship was observed between academic publication and perceived negative consequences of television.
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Date Posted: 18 January 2008
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
Reprinted in Communication Research Reports Volume 2, Issue 1, 1985, pages 149-155.
NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Joseph Turow was affiliated with Purdue University. Currently January 2008, he is a faculty member of the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.