From the boob tube to the black box: Television news comprehension from an information processing perspective
W. Gill Woodall, Dennis K. Davis, Haluk Sahin · Journal of Broadcasting · 1983
This paper reviews research on learning from television news and develops a theoretical framework which can guide future research. Two models of memory and understanding are considered in detail: episodic memory and semantic network models. Guidelines are offered for research based on both of these models.