Reducing Children's Emotional Reactions to Mass Media Through Rehearsed Explanationand Exposure to a Replica of a Fear Object

Wilson, Barbara J.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.1987.tb00119.x

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“…Subsequent analyses of an index of negative facial affect, created by combining the expressions of fear, disgust, and sadness (cf. Wilson, 1987), also revealed no significant effects.…”

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confidence: 52%

“…Research has also investigated the effectiveness of various verbal coping strategies (e.g., Cantor & Wilson, 1984;Wilson, 1987;. Additional research on verbal coping strategies should have great practical benefit, because verbal strategies can be easily implemented by parents and can apply to a wide variety of media content.…”

Section: Jobem 34:4 Fall 1990mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Because previous studies have shown that girls tend to report more intense fright reactions to media presentations than do boys (e.g., Cantor & Reilly, 1982;Wilson, 1987), sex of participant was included as a blocking variable. Several additional measures, including children's choices of the scariest scene and the reasons for their choices, were assessed in an attempt to understand the factors promoting fright responses.…”

Section: Jobem 34:4 Fall 1990mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Children's fear reactions to a televised film as a function of perceived immediacy of depicted threat

Cantor

Hoffner

1990

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media

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“…Subsequent analyses of an index of negative facial affect, created by combining the expressions of fear, disgust, and sadness (cf. Wilson, 1987), also revealed no significant effects.…”

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confidence: 52%

Section: Jobem 34:4 Fall 1990mentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Children's fear reactions to a televised film as a function of perceived immediacy of depicted threat

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Hoffner

1990

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media

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“…Specifically, the effects of television on language aquisition (Fisher, 1984;Rice, 1984), the ability to understand televised narratives across age groups (Blanchard-Fields, Coons, & Mathews, 1986;Hofner, Cantor & Thorson, 1988) and attempts to reduce children's fear reactions to mass media (Wilson, 1987) are excellent examples of mass communication researchers who have recently utilized the developmental point of view in their research.…”

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The interface between human development and instructional communication

Nussbaum

Prusank

1989

Communication Education

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“…Joanne Cantor, Barbara Wilson, Cynthia Hoffner, and numerous others have systematically investigated children's responses to frightening mass media presentations (Cantor & Wilson, 1984;Hoffner, 1997;Hoffner & Cantor, 1990;Wilson, 1987, Wilson & Cantor, 1985Wilson, Hoffner, & Cantor, 1987). These fear reactions are quite common among children and often endure beyond the viewing situation causing emotional disturbances.…”

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Instructional/Developmental Communication: Current Theory, Research, and Future Trends

Nussbaum

Friedrich

2005

Journal of Communication

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ICA has produced a significant literature investigating communication processes within instructional settings as well as communication change occurring throughout the life span. This article documents the significant theoretical developments and empirical findings by communication scholars that have occurred over the past several decades. In addition, based upon the strengths and weaknesses of theory and research, it sets an agenda for future research within instructional/developmental research.The International Communication Association's Division 7 was founded in 1972 as the Instructional Communication Division. Its original mission was to encourage and support the development and empirical testing of communication theory relevant to individuals interacting in instructional settings.During the early to mid-1980s, the Instructional Communication Division expanded its mission and its name to include scholarship in developmental communication. Jan Andersen, Robert Norton, Gus Friedrich, Jon Nussbaum, and numerous others realized that the current research addressing instruction-related issues within the discipline of communication could no longer escape the fact that learning, teaching, and interaction across the wide variety of instructional contexts was at its core a developmental phenomenon. Stated simply, instructional scholars were moving beyond the investigation of the perceptions or behavior of college sophomores that at times included interaction with teachers and other students.Communication researchers have now produced an impressive literature investigating interaction in various contexts across the entire life span. Instructional researchers have investigated K-12 classrooms, learning environments that attract nontraditional students, and instructional settings far removed from our notion of the average classroom, such as continuous learning in organizations or advanced Jon F. Nussbaum (PhD, Purdue University) is a professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University. Gustav Friedrich (PhD, University of Kansas) is dean of the School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies at Rutgers University. Copyright © 2005 International Communication AssociationInstructional/Developmental Communication 579 training settings. At the same time, a new cadre of scholars began publishing manuscripts studying the communicative behavior of individuals who were much younger or much older than the typical college student. Theories have been developed and tested that specifically outline the significance of the interactants' age and experience within any communication exchange.This article documents the communication perspectives and theories that are having a significant impact upon scholars within instructional/developmental communication. The knowledge that has been acquired through the empirical investigations by instructional/developmental scholars within the discipline of communication will be presented and discussed. In addition, we will offer suggestions for...

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Reducing Children's Emotional Reactions to Mass Media Through Rehearsed Explanationand Exposure to a Replica of a Fear Object

Cited by 24 publications

References 41 publications

Children's fear reactions to a televised film as a function of perceived immediacy of depicted threat

Children's fear reactions to a televised film as a function of perceived immediacy of depicted threat

The interface between human development and instructional communication

Instructional/Developmental Communication: Current Theory, Research, and Future Trends

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