Television's Impact on Children's Reading Skills
A Review of Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14451630 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johannes W J Beentjes, Tom H A Van Der Voort |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 389 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Reading Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-0553 • E-ISSN: 1936-2722 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/747640 |
| OpenAlex | W2028899115 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 15 |
THE AUTHORS discuss the hypotheses that explain why television might influence the child's development of reading skills positively (facilitation hypothesis), negatively (inhibition hypothesis), or not at all (no-effect hypothesis). Although the evidence is not unequivocal, most of the research supports the inhibition hypothesis. However, television's relation to reading achievement is complex; the magnitude and direction of the relation are influenced by a number of conditions. Heavy viewers, socially advantaged children, and intelligent children tend to be most vulnerable to television's inhibition effect. In addition, the relation is sensitive to the type of television content watched. The authors evaluate the utility of the five research approaches used in the past, and suggest directions for further research
Developmental psychology · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Phonics · Primary education · Reading (process) · Child Development and Digital Technology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Media, Communication, and Education · Psychology
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Psychology and Performance
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Television's Impact on Children's Reading Comprehension and Decoding Skills
Television and the decline of reading
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Media use and children's reading performance
How Americans use time
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Television Viewing and School Achievement
Television Viewing, Children's Reading, and Related Classroom Behavior
Constant Television
Children's Social Behavior in Three Towns with Difering Television Experience
Charting the Mainstream
Television and Young People's Reading Behaviour
Literacy and Reading Performance in the United States, from 1880 to the Present
The Displacement Effect
The Impact of Leisure-Time Television on School Learning
Television Access and the Slowing of Cognitive Growth
Television and the Rest of Life
Television's Impact on High School Achievement
Does Television Viewing Hinder Academic Achievement Among Adolescents
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2025 (35) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |