PETER KOVARIC -- CONFERENCE PAPERS AND REPORTS

• Dorr, A., Doubleday, C., Kovaric, P., & Kunkel, D. (1981, May). An evaluation of NBC's 1980-81 prosocial children's programming: Drawing power, play-alongs, how to watch TV. Report to the National Broadcasting Company (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 216 796).

• Kunkel, D., & Kovaric, P. (1983, May). Mental effort and learning from TV: Comparing expectations for PBS and commercial network programming. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

• Dorr, A., Doubleday, C., Kovaric, P., and Kunkel, D. (1984, May). Televised television literacy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

• Dutton, W., Kovaric, P., & Steinfield, C. (1984, May). The social dynamics of personal computing: Converging theoretical and social issues. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

• Dorr, A., Kovaric, P., Doubleday, C., Sims, D., & Beizer Seidner, L. (1985, August). Beliefs about the realism of television programs featuring families. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

• Doubleday, C., Kovaric, P., Dorr, A., & Beizer Seidner, L. (1986, August). Children's knowledge of cultural norms for emotional expression and behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

• Kovaric, P. (1987, April). Children's alternatives to Nielsen categories of television programming and how they predict social reality beliefs. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial conference, Baltimore, MD.

• Dorr, A., Doubleday, C., & Kovaric, P. (1987, April). Them that's got shall get: Family satisfaction and television viewing. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial conference, Baltimore, MD.

• Feshbach, N., & Kovaric, P. (1987, December). Television advertising and children. Paper prepared for the Television and Society Task Force of the American Psychological Association.

• Feshbach, N. & Kovaric, P. (1987, December). Television and emotion. Paper prepared for the Television and Society Task Force of the American Psychological Association.

• Kovaric, P., Doubleday, C., & Dorr, A. (1988, May). Emotional content depicted on television. Paper presented at the International Communication Association annual conference, New Orleans, LA.

• Kovaric, P., Healy, C., & Daves, N. (1988, June). Career counseling case study: An instructional courseware module. Paper presented at the IBM Academic Computing Conference, Dallas, TX.

• Kovaric, P., & Feshbach, N. (1988, August). Television and emotion: Summing up. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association annual conference, Atlanta, GA.

• Dorr, A., Kovaric, P., & Doubleday, C. (1989, April). Perceived realism of emotions in family series. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial conference, Kansas City, MO.

• Dorr, A., Kovaric, P., & Doubleday, C. (1990, June). Direct and mediated effects of family series on children's emotional knowledge and behavior. Paper presented at the International Communication Association annual conference, Dublin, Ireland.

• Dorr, A., Kovaric, P., Doubleday, C., & Rabin, B. (1990, June). Age and content influences on children's perception of the realism of television families: A replication and extension. Paper presented at the International Communication Association annual conference, Dublin, Ireland.

• Doubleday, C., Kovaric, P., & Dorr, A. (1990, August). Children's knowledge of display rules for emotional expression and control. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association annual conference, Boston, MA.

• Brannon, C., Dorr, A., Doubleday, C., Graves, S., Kovaric, P., & Phelps, E. (1991, April). A qualitative and quantitative examination of children's, adolescents', and adults' television literacy. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial conference, Seattle, WA.

• Doubleday, C., Kovaric, P., Dorr, A., & Rabin, B. (1991, April). Children's ideas about family display rules for emotional expression and control. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial conference, Seattle, WA.

• Rabin, B., Dorr, A., Kovaric, P., & Doubleday, C. (1991, April). Children's perceived realism of family television series. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial conference, Seattle, WA.

• Rose, A., Dorr, A., Doubleday, C., & Kovaric, P. (1991, April). Developmental and gender influences on children's and parents' perceptions of children's emotional behavior. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial conference, Seattle, WA.

• Kovaric, P., Doubleday, C., & Dorr, A. (1991, May). Conceptualizing television messages about emotions in the family. Paper presented at the International Communication Association annual conference, Chicago, IL.

• Rabin, B., Dorr, A., Doubleday, C., & Kovaric, P. (1993, March). Children's views of emotional experiences in the family. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial conference, New Orleans, LA.

• Dorr, A., Rabin, B., Kovaric, P., & Doubleday, C. (1993, March). Prototypicality of children's reported emotional experiences. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial conference, New Orleans, LA.

 
• Kovaric, P., & Bott, T. (2000, April).  Teacher support through virtual communities. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association annual conference, New Orleans, LA.

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