U.S. Children Prefer T.V. To Books
NEW YORK, June 10. An overwhelming majority of American schoolchildren would sooner turn* on a television set than read a book, a report in “Variety,” the theatrical trade newspaper, said today. The report, on a survey taken by the National Association of Radio and Television broadcasters, listed television as the favourite source of entertainment for American children, with books second, radio third, the films fourth, and comic strips fifth. With 87 per cent, of the youngsters, the report says, broadcasting in one form or the other is their choice. The survey found that among children aged between seven and 12, 81 per cent, said that television did not interfere with their homework.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27375, 14 June 1954, Page 3
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