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Journal Issue: Children and Electronic Media Volume 18 Number 1 Spring 2008
Electronic Media and Language and Symbol Systems
Some researchers have evaluated whether learning from television, which engages both the auditory and the visual systems, is more or less efficient than learning through either symbol system alone. Several studies have compared viewer comprehension of a combined audiovisual presentation with comprehension of either an audio or visual version alone. Most reveal an advantage for the audiovisual presentation; subjects recall more of what they hear and see together than what they see or hear only.22
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Contents
- Summary
- Introduction
- Electronic Media and Achievement
- Electronic Media and Language and Symbol Systems
- Electronic Media, Attention, and Visual Spatial Skills
- Electronic Media and Problem-Solving Skills
- Electronic Media and Attention
- Electronic Media and Engagement of Attention
- Learning from Hypertext
- Media and the Family
- Media in Schools
- Conclusions
- Endnotes
