TY  - JOUR
AB  - This study explores the use of the information theory entropy equation in representations of videos for children. The calculated rates of information in the videos are calibrated to the corresponding perceived rates of information as elicited from the 12 seven‐ to ten‐year‐old girls who were shown video documents. Entropy measures are calculated for several video elements: set time, set incidence, verbal time, verbal incidence, set constraint, nonverbal dependence, and character appearance. As hypothesized, mechanically calculated entropy measure (CEM) was found to be sufficiently similar to perceived entropy measure (PEM) made by children so that they can be used as useful and predictive elements of representations of children's videos. The relationships between the CEM and the PEM show that CEM could stand for PEM in order to enrich representations for video documents for this age group.
VL  - 60
IS  - 2
SN  - 0022-0418
DO  - 10.1108/00220410410522034
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00220410410522034
AU  - Kearns Jodi
AU  - O'Connor Brian
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - Dancing with entropy: form attributes, children, and representation
T2  - Journal of Documentation
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 144
EP  - 163
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -