Do young children think of television images as pictures or real objects

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Transfer between Picture Books and the Real World by Very Young Children (2008, background): “Further, preschoolers sometimes confuse the properties of depicted and real objects, claiming, for example, that a picture of ice cream would feel cold to the touch ( Beilin & Pearlman, 1991 ) or that shaking a photograph of blocks would cause the blocks to tumble down ( Flavell, Flavell, Green, & K”
The Nature of Television Realism Judgments: A Reevaluation of Their Conceptualization and Measurement (2000, background): “The developmental literature suggests individuals use different definitions of reality as they mature (Flavell et al., 1990; Hodge & Tripp, 1986; Klapper, 1981).”
Television and Reality: Toddlers' Use of Visual Information from Video to Guide Behavior (2002, background): “Recall that Jaglom and Gardner (1981) observed that 3- and 4-year-olds, not 2-year-olds, dismissed everything on television as not real.”
Parental perceptions of the role of media and technology in their young children’s lives (2016, background): “…have difficulty taking the perspective of others (Flavell et al., 1995). they are likely to perceive television as a realistic picture of the world (Flavell et al., 1990; Van Evra, 2004), they are unable to recognize the persuasive intent of advertising (Kunkel, 2001; Synder, 2011), and they lack…”