Beentjes, J. W. J. (1989). Learning from television and books: A Dutch replication study based on Salomon's model. Journal of Technology Research and Development, 37(2), 47-58.
According to Salomon's (1981) model, children usually invest less effort in
television viewing than in book reading, with the result that information from
television is less deeply processed than information from books. The amount
of invested mental effort, in its turn, is assumed to depend on the way a medium
is perceived. Most children perceive television as an easy medium and books
as a difficult one. In this article, Salomon's model an the research in which
the model was tested are discussed, and a replication study is presented. The
study determines the internal structure of the Dutch versions of Salomon's instruments
and tests some predictions following from the model. Unlike their American peers,
Dutch children do not unconditionally perceive television as an easy medium.