Television and the Developing Imagination of the Child
- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- symposium
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Broadcasting
- Vol. 25 (4) , 373-387
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08838158109386461
Abstract
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.Keywords
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