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Television and Children: Program Evaluation, Comprehension, and Impact » Read Now
by Brian R. Clifford, Barrie Gunter, Jill McAleer. 251 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...TELEVISION AND CHILDREN Program Evaluation, Comprehension...Erlbaum Associates, Publishers. TELEVISION AND CHILDREN Program Evaluation, Comprehension...argued, in turn...
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Television and Child Development » Read Now
by Judith Van Evra. 232 pgs.

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...meaningful understanding of childrens television viewing and its impact. Failure...of variables involved in childrens television viewing experience. concerns...Other...
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Children and Television: A Challenge for Education » Read Now
by Michael E. Manley-Casimir, Carmen Luke. 316 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Since the mid-1970s a shift in perspective has occurred on the relationship between TV and young viewers. Researchers, parents, teachers, policymakers, and consumer advocate groups have shown increased criticism of televisions's role as social educator, babysitter, agent for mass consumer...
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Since the mid-1970s a shift in perspective has occurred on the relationship between TV and young viewers. Researchers, parents, teachers, policymakers, and consumer advocate groups have shown increased criticism of televisions's role as social educator, babysitter, agent for mass consumer socialization, and perpetrator of questionable social values, morals, and mythical human behaviors. Educators intersted in understanding the complex and wide-ranging contrversies about the influence of television on children will find much in this edited collection to clarify their understanding of the empirical research, educational practice, and national policy issues raised by the relationship between TV and children.
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A Sourcebook on Children and Television » Read Now
by Nancy Signorielli. 199 pgs.

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This book grew out of the perceived need for an authoritative sourcebook and compendium of existing research. Each chapter consists of an extensive review of the literature and research relating to numerous aspects of the broad topic, including content, commercials, viewing habits, cognitive...
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This book grew out of the perceived need for an authoritative sourcebook and compendium of existing research. Each chapter consists of an extensive review of the literature and research relating to numerous aspects of the broad topic, including content, commercials, viewing habits, cognitive effects, behavioral effects, educational impact, and a brief history of children's programming. The first section focuses on the more formal aspects of television and how they relate to children. The second section examines the content and effects of television and the impact they may have on children's behavior and their ideas of the world.
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Television and the Exceptional Child: A Forgotten Audience » Read Now
by Joyce Sprafkin, Kenneth D. Gadow, Robert Abelman. 213 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...0-8058-0787-X c 0788-8 p 1. Television and children--United States. 2. Exceptional...the programs exceptional children watch. Television, like all other mass media...Based...
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Family Television: Cultural Power and Domestic Leisure » Read Now
by David Morley. 182 pgs.

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Parent and Child Perspectives on the Presence and Meaning of Parental Television Mediation, in Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media » Read Now
by Amy I. Nathanson. 20 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...on parental mediation of childrens television viewing reveals that parents...mediation (setting rules about childrens television viewing), and coviewing...1991). The home...
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Television and the American Family (Chap. 15 "Determinants of Parental Mediation of Children's Television Viewing") » Read Now
by Jennings Bryant. 385 pgs.

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...ISBN 0-8058-0116-2 1. Television and children--United States. 2. Television...of Parental Mediation of Childrens Television Viewing Robert Abelman...of Parental Mediation...
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Fake, Fact, and Fantasy: Children's Interpretations of Television Reality » Read Now
by Maire Messenger Davies. 246 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Fact, and Fantasy Childrens Interpretations of Television Reality LEAs COMMUNICATION...Fact, and Fantasy: Childrens Interpretations of Television Reality Fake, Fact...alk...
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Constructing the Child Viewer: A History of the American Discourse on Television and Children, 1950-1980 » Read Now
by Carmen Luke. 331 pgs.

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Beginning from a poststructuralist position, Constructing the Child Viewer examines three decades of U.S. research on television and children. The book concludes that historical concepts of the child television viewer are products of discourse and cannot be taken to reflect objective, scientific...
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Beginning from a poststructuralist position, Constructing the Child Viewer examines three decades of U.S. research on television and children. The book concludes that historical concepts of the child television viewer are products of discourse and cannot be taken to reflect objective, scientific truths about the child viewer. Nearly all academic studies published from 1948 to 1979 on the subject are included in this volume. Each receives close textual analysis, making this a useful bibliographic resource and reference book.
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Television Viewing and Academic Achievement Revisited, in Education » Read Now
by Franklin T. Thompson, William P. Austin. 9 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...television is harmful to children; television can yield positive, as well...quality and quantity of their childrens television viewing habits (Viadero...Sharman, K. J...
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Television, Imagination, and Aggression: A Study of Preschoolers (Chap. 3 "A Year to Grow: Patterns of TV-Viewing, Behavior, and Language") » Read Now
by Dorothy G. Singer, Jerome L. Singer. 214 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...p. Includes index. 1. Television and children--longitudinal studies...Observers 27 Childrens Television-Viewing Logs 28 3. A...studied by the staff of the Childrens...
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Electronic Hearth: Creating an American Television Culture (Chap. 9 "The Child - A Television Allegory") » Read Now
by Cecelia Tichi. 272 pgs.

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We all talk about the "tube" or "box," as if television were simply another appliance like the refrigerator or toaster oven. But Cecilia Tichi argues that TV is actually an environment--a pervasive screen-world that saturates almost every aspect of modern life. In Electronic Hearth, she looks at how...
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We all talk about the "tube" or "box," as if television were simply another appliance like the refrigerator or toaster oven. But Cecilia Tichi argues that TV is actually an environment--a pervasive screen-world that saturates almost every aspect of modern life. In Electronic Hearth, she looks at how that environment evolved, and how it, in turn, has shaped the American experience. Tichi explores almost fifty years of writing about television--in novels, cartoons, journalism, advertising, and critical books and articles--to define the role of television in the American consciousness. She examines early TV advertising to show how the industry tried to position the new device as not just a gadget but a prestigious new piece of furniture, a highly prized addition to the home. The television set, she writes, has emerged as a new electronic hearth--the center of family activity. John Updike described this "primitive appeal of the hearth" in Roger's Version: "Television is--its irresistable charm--a fire. Entering an empty room, we turn it on, and a talking face flares into being." Sitting in front of the TV, Americans exist in a safety zone, free from the hostility and violence of the outside world. She also discusses long-standing suspicions of TV viewing: its often solitary, almost autoerotic character, its supposed numbing of the minds and imagination of children, and assertions that watching television drugs the minds of Americans. Television has been seen as treacherous territory for public figures, from generals to presidents, where satire and broadcast journalism often deflate their authority. And the print culture of journalism and book publishing has waged a decades-long war of survival against it--only to see new TV generations embrace both the box and the book as a part of their cultural world. In today's culture, she writes, we have become "teleconscious"--seeing, for example, real life being certified through television ("as seen on TV"), and television constantly ratified through its universal presence in art, movies, music, comic strips, fabric prints, and even references to TV on TV. Ranging far beyond the bounds of the broadcast industry, Tichi provides a history of contemporary American culture, a culture defined by the television environment. Intensively researched and insightfully written, The Electronic Hearth offers a new understanding of a critical, but much-maligned, aspect of modern life.
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Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence » Read Now
by Gerard Jones. 256 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Children choose their heroes more carefully than we think. From Pokemon to the rapper Eminem, pop-culture icons are not simply commercial pied pipers who practice mass hypnosis on our youth. Indeed, argues the author of this lively and persuasive paean to the power of popular culture, even violent...
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Children choose their heroes more carefully than we think. From Pokemon to the rapper Eminem, pop-culture icons are not simply commercial pied pipers who practice mass hypnosis on our youth. Indeed, argues the author of this lively and persuasive paean to the power of popular culture, even violent and trashy entertainment gives children something they need, something that can help both boys and girls develop in a healthy way. Drawing on a wealth of true stories, many gleaned from the fascinating workshops he conducts, and basing his claims on extensive research, including interviews with psychologists and educators, Gerard Jones explains why validating our children's fantasies teaches them to trust their own emotions, helps them build stronger selves, leaves them less at the mercy of the pop-culture industry, and strengthens parent-child bonds.
Jones has written for the Spider-Man, Superman, and X-Men comic books and created the Haunted Man series for the Web. He has also explored the cultural meanings of comic books and sitcoms in two well-received books. In Killing Monsters he presents a fresh look at children's fantasies, the entertainment industry, and violence in the modern imagination. This reassuring book, as entertaining as it is provocative, offers all of us -- parents, teachers, policymakers, media critics -- new ways to understand the challenges and rewards of explosive material.
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Thief of Time, Unfaithful Servant: Television and the American Child, in Daedalus » Read Now
by John Condry. 20 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...MOTIVATION FOR WATCHING TELEVISION Children approach television and watch...is a liar. When they watch television, children see it as a reasonable source...violent scenes...