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Het effect van televisieopvoeding op de kennis en attitudes van kinderen ten aanzien van opera

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Abstract

In this experiment, it was investigated to what extent adult mediation during a cultural children’s program can stimulate children’s knowledge of and attitudes towards opera. A sample of 124 children was randomly assigned to one of two viewing conditions. In both viewing conditions they watched a cultural children’s program together with an adult. In the ‘mediation condition’ the coviewing adult provided the children with additional comments and showed a positive attitude towards opera. In the ‘non-mediation condition’ the co-viewing adult did not give comments and showed a neutral attitude towards the program watched. Children in the mediation condition recalled significantly more opera information than the children in the non-mediation condition. In both the mediation and the non-mediation condition children’s attitude towards opera was stimulated by the cultural children’s program.

How to Cite:

Valkenburg, P. & De Roos, S., (1997) “Het effect van televisieopvoeding op de kennis en attitudes van kinderen ten aanzien van opera”, Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap 25(2), 116–128.