‘Reality and fantasy in children’s relationship with the media’

Máire Messenger Davies

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Abstract

A review of research on children's understanding of the difference between fantasy and reality, both in terms of 'false belief' and psychological constructs such as 'Theory of Mind', applying these approaches to children's understanding of artifice and realism in TV material.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture
EditorsSonia Livingstone., Kirsten Drotner
PublisherSAGE Publications
Pages121 -136
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 2008

Keywords

  • fantasy
  • reality
  • children
  • youth
  • media effects
  • cognition
  • child development
  • television
  • theory of mind

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