While educational media can affect young children's development, rigorous studies rarely
occur in low and middle income countries. Using an experimental design, researchers …

Educational media can positively impact young children; however, few studies have been
conducted in developing countries. Researchers investigated the impact of an animated …

Thirty years after its broadcast premiere, Sesame Street continues to pursue its mission of
entertaining and educating children around the world. This article assesses the impact of the …

Sesame Street is broadcast to millions of children globally, including in some of the world's
poorest regions. This meta-analysis examines the effects of children's exposure to …

Children in developing countries often lack sufficient support for early learning skills prior to
beginning school. This research evaluates an educational media intervention using an …

Evaluation of effects of mass media–based health interventions requires accurate
assessments of exposure, which can be difficult to obtain when young children are the …

That mass media supports children's learning at scale across a variety of educational
outcomes is widely acknowledged, effects which are further enhanced when content is co …

In May 2006 a new cable channel entered American television; BabyFirstTV became the first
24 hour cable and satellite network to offer programming aimed at viewers between 6 …

At its best, educational television can provide children with enormous opportunities and can
serve as a window to new experiences, enrich academic knowledge, enhance attitudes and …

At the time of writing this chapter, the question of whether infants can learn from audiovisual
content is the newest, hottest topic in research on educational programming. In effect, there …