Entry:

”Education and Learning about Television,” in Television and Behavior: Ten Years of Scientific Progress and Implications for the Eighties. Washington, DC: National Institute of Mental Health, 1982, 79-86.


Abstract:

Television lowers the abilities of children who watch it a lot. Several possibilities are looked at to test if TV could be used as an effective educational medium.

GSS Years:

1978

Other Data Sets:

National Survey of Television and Homework Habits 1978

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HOURS PER DAY WATCHING TV

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RACE OF RESPONDENT

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

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NUMBER WORDS CORRECT IN VOCABULARY TEST

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