Group Relations as a Variable in Communications Research

Riley, Matilda White; Flowerman, Samuel H.

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“…Yet, despite general discussions of group variables in the communication process (Riley and Flowerman, 1951; Freidson, 1953b;Klapper, 1960;Larsen, 1964), there have been surprisingly few efforts to advance a social-theoretical framework for studying children's entertainment choices or their responses to entertainment experiences. …”

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Children's Response to Entertainment

Clarke

1971

American Behavioral Scientist

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The increased research attention being devoted to youth and entertainment culture results, in part, from the numerical and economic prominence of the teen market and from a growing appreciation of expressive values found in man's leisured By now, it is commonplace to observe that the values adolescents find in entertainment or the mass media are a function of group behavior-standing in the peer group, frequency of dating, parental values, and the like (Riley and Coleman, 1961;Clarke, 1965a;Chaffee et al., 1971). Yet, despite general discussions of group variables in the communication process (Riley and Flowerman, 1951; Freidson, 1953b;Klapper, 1960;Larsen, 1964), there have been surprisingly few efforts to advance a social-theoretical framework for studying children's entertainment choices or their responses to entertainment experiences.

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Clarke

1971

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“…In addition to this factor, several others were under investigation in this study, such as student length of stay in the U.S., study time schedule, and levels of study. As far as foreign students as minority in the American society are concerned, "any given person in the audience reacts not merely as an isolated personality but also as a member of the various groups to which he belongs and with which he communicates" (Riley and Flowerman, 1951).…”

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Foreign students' mass media use before and during their sojourn in the U.S.

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Media Content in Interpersonal Communication

McDonald¹

2008

The International Encyclopedia of Communication

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Although today's mixture of theories and approaches combining interpersonal and mass communication is a two‐sided one (incorporating researchers with training in both fields), virtually all of the accessible research on media content in interpersonal communication has arisen from researchers primarily trained in the effects tradition of mass communication research, rather than from interpersonal communication researchers studying the content of conversation.

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Group Relations as a Variable in Communications Research

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Children's Response to Entertainment

Children's Response to Entertainment

Foreign students' mass media use before and during their sojourn in the U.S.

Media Content in Interpersonal Communication

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