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| Author: |
Buijzen, Moniek; van der Molen, Juliette H. Walma; Sondij, Patricia
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| CMCH Synopsis: |
450 elementary school children took a survey about news coverage of a well-televised assassination. Researchers found that regardless of the children’s age, sex, or general empathic concern, kids who saw more news coverage felt worse than kids who did not see as much news.
Researchers also found that overall, children who had parents that were upfront about the coverage (and helped their children understand what they saw on the news) had less negative emotional responses. These findings suggest that the success of parental mediation may depend on the amount of news exposure the child receives. © Center on Media and Child Health
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| Year: |
2007 |
| Article Title: |
Parental mediation of children's emotional responses to a violent news event |
| Journal: |
Communication Research |
| Volume: |
34 |
| Issue: |
34 |
| Pages: |
212-230 |
| ISSN: |
0093-6502 |
| Source of Funding: |
Funding Source Not Stated in Paper |
| Study Design: |
Correlational Study
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| Publication Type: |
Journal Article |
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| Age Group: |
Childhood (birth-12 yrs), School Age (6-12 yrs) |
| Keywords: |
Age Differences
Anger
Children
Communications
Depression
Emotional Response
Fear
Gender Differences
Homicide (Media Content)
Mediation
News Media
Parent Child Relations
Parents and Parenting
Television
Violence (Media Content)
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