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attention and television  

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  • The mass media often depict children sitting zombielike in front of the television, mesmerized by images and sounds. While early theorizing about children's attention to television conformed to this view, a large body of research suggests that infants and children play an active role in their consumption of television content. [Source: Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media; Television, Attention and]

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