Traditionally, educators have perceived television as not particularly beneficial to literacy development. Concerns were fueled by findings suggesting that with the introduction of television people spend less time reading books and reading scores decline (e. However, as our society is striving to make adjustments to the decline in literacy skills and new ways of learning and teaching are being...

OBJECTIVE We examined whether the negative relation between television viewing that exceeds the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and school readiness varied by family income. METHODS Data were collected from 807 children from diverse backgrounds. Parents reported hours of television viewing, as well as family income. Children were assessed using measures of math, kn...

BACKGROUND Although research has suggested that extensive television viewing may be associated with sleep problems, the direction of this association has not yet been determined. OBJECTIVE To investigate directional hypotheses regarding the association between television viewing and sleep problems during adolescence and early adulthood. DESIGN The Children in the Community Study, a prospect...

OBJECTIVE To examine trends in children's exposure to food-related advertising on television by age, product category, and company. DESIGN Nutritional content analysis using television ratings data for 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009 for children. SETTING Annual age-specific television ratings data captured children's exposure to broadcast network, cable network, syndicated, and spot television ...

Over the past several decades the cost of television time has increased substantially and congressional campaign spending has increased as well. This paper considers whether there is a causal relationship between these trends. Using the dramatic variation in advertising rates across congressional districts and over time, we assess the effect of higher television advertising rates on campaign sp...