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Schemata for understanding television
Author(s) -
Collins W. Andrew
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219811304
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology
Three sources of knowledge, or schemata, are critical for the child's comprehension of television portrayals: familiarity with exposition formats, knowledge and experience of the social world, and understanding of the formal features specific to television.