Communicating More than Content: Formal Features of Children's Television Programs

Journal Article Communicating More than Content: Formal Features of Children's Television Programs Get access Aletha C. Huston, Aletha C. Huston 1The authors are all affiliated with the Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Ellen Wartella is also affiliated with the Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. Bruce Watkins is now at the School of Communication, University of Michigan. The research reported in this article was supported by a grant from the Spencer Foundation to the first two authors. Support for writing of this article was also provided by Grant 1T32HD07173 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Department of Human Development, University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John C. Wright, John C. Wright 1The authors are all affiliated with the Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Ellen Wartella is also affiliated with the Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. Bruce Watkins is now at the School of Communication, University of Michigan. The research reported in this article was supported by a grant from the Spencer Foundation to the first two authors. Support for writing of this article was also provided by Grant 1T32HD07173 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Department of Human Development, University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Ellen Wartella, Ellen Wartella 1The authors are all affiliated with the Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Ellen Wartella is also affiliated with the Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. Bruce Watkins is now at the School of Communication, University of Michigan. The research reported in this article was supported by a grant from the Spencer Foundation to the first two authors. Support for writing of this article was also provided by Grant 1T32HD07173 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Department of Human Development, University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Mabel L. Rice, Mabel L. Rice 1The authors are all affiliated with the Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Ellen Wartella is also affiliated with the Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. Bruce Watkins is now at the School of Communication, University of Michigan. The research reported in this article was supported by a grant from the Spencer Foundation to the first two authors. Support for writing of this article was also provided by Grant 1T32HD07173 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Department of Human Development, University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bruce A. Watkins, Bruce A. Watkins 1The authors are all affiliated with the Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Ellen Wartella is also affiliated with the Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. Bruce Watkins is now at the School of Communication, University of Michigan. The research reported in this article was supported by a grant from the Spencer Foundation to the first two authors. Support for writing of this article was also provided by Grant 1T32HD07173 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Department of Human Development, University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Toni Campbell, Toni Campbell 1The authors are all affiliated with the Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Ellen Wartella is also affiliated with the Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. Bruce Watkins is now at the School of Communication, University of Michigan. The research reported in this article was supported by a grant from the Spencer Foundation to the first two authors. Support for writing of this article was also provided by Grant 1T32HD07173 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Department of Human Development, University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Richard Potts Richard Potts 1The authors are all affiliated with the Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Ellen Wartella is also affiliated with the Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. Bruce Watkins is now at the School of Communication, University of Michigan. The research reported in this article was supported by a grant from the Spencer Foundation to the first two authors. Support for writing of this article was also provided by Grant 1T32HD07173 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Department of Human Development, University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 31, Issue 3, September 1981, Pages 32–48, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1981.tb00426.x Published: 07 February 2006