As I was speed reading through chapter 1 of our textbook a few days ago, I thought of an example that illustrated perfectly some of their points about children and the media. Children experience media differently from adults (because of their cognitive development level) and different from each other as well.
Over Christmas Break my family watched "Night at the Museum II" together. One of my nieces, a five year old, loves my wife and was sitting on my wife's lap during the movie. At certain points in the movie that were humorous and action-packed, my niece was terrified. She would duck her head into my wife and plug her ears at certain parts. Interestingly, the other niece and nephews in the room were not similarly affected. Now I make the connection that my niece's reaction was likely largely due to her cognitive development level.
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