Foreword | p. ix |
Foreword | p. xiii |
Preface | p. xvii |
Acknowledgments | p. xxiii |
The Author | p. xxv |
Reexamining Educational Research and Conceptions of Media | p. 1 |
Characteristics of Symbol Systems | p. 28 |
Relationships of Symbol Systems to Cognition | p. 61 |
Differential Uses of Mental Skills for Learning | p. 88 |
Cultivation of Mental Skills Through Symbolic Forms | p. 113 |
Impact of Films Designed to Cultivate Mental Skills | p. 139 |
Effects of """"Sesame Street"""" on Television-Naive Children | p. 157 |
Cross-Cultural Cognitive Effects of Television Exposure | p. 187 |
Interaction of Media, Cognition, and Learning: Summary and Reflections | p. 214 |
References | p. 246 |
Name Index | p. 269 |
Subject Index | p. 275 |
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