Television and the Developing Imagination of the Child
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10069002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dorothy G Singer (University of Bridgeport), Jerome L Singer (Yale University) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 373-387 |
| Publication date | 1981-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Broadcasting (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-938X • E-ISSN: 2331-415X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08838158109386461 |
| OpenAlex | W2154779049 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 19 |
The paper examines whether television enriches a child's imagination, leads to distortions of reality, and whether adult mediation while a child views a program or immediately after can evoke constructive changes or stimulate make‐believe play
Constructive · Imagination · Cinema and Media Studies · Media Influence and Health · Media, Gender, and Advertising
Influence of TV on daydreaming and creative imagination
Considering Policies to Protect Children from TV Violence
Psychology and Performance
A scoping review of methods and measures used to capture children's play during school breaktimes
Psychologists look at television
Adolescents and death on television
Family Experiences and Television Viewing as Predictors of Children's Imagination, Restlessness, and Aggression
Moral identity and the expanding circle of moral regard toward out-groups
Families and Television
Television Viewing, Children's Reading, and Related Classroom Behavior
Helping Elementary School Children Learn about TV
Can TV Stimulate Imaginative Play
Does the Medium Matter
TV Violence Profile No. 8
Children's Understanding of the Nature of Television Characters
Partners in Play
Involvement, Realism and the Perception of Aggression in Television Programmes
Visual and verbal attributes of television and selective attention in preschool children
Differential effects of television programming on preschoolers' cognition, imagination, and social play
Mental Imagery in the Child
Effects of different forms of filmed aggression on children's constructive and destructive play
Television in the Lives of Our Children
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2025 (43) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |