Media, home, and family / Stewart M. Hoover, Lynn Schofield Clark, and Diane F. Alters with Joseph G. Champ and Lee Hood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoover, Stewart M.

Contributor:

Clark, Lynn Schofield.

Alters, Diane F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television and families.

Mass media and families.

Physical Description:

viii, 209 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Summary:

"Media, Home, and Family" examines how parents make decisions regulating media use, and how their media practices relate to other aspects of contemporary family life. Based on more than three years of extensive ethnographic audience research, the book looks at a very broad cross-section of American families, focusing on how families negotiate a sense of identity collectively, and how the media plays a significant role in the process.

Contents:

The study : symbolism, media, and the lifecourse. Introduction / Diane F. Alters and Lynn Schofield Clark

The journey from postpositivist to constructivist methods / Lynn Schofield Clark

Developing a theory of media, home, and the family / Lynn Schofield Clark and Diane F. Alters

The family in U.S. history and culture / Diane F. Alters

The families : case studies. The case studies: an introduction / Lee Hood, Lynn Schofield Clark, Joseph G. Champ and Diane F. Alters

Being distinctive in a mediated environment : the Ahmeds and the Paytons / Lynn Schofield Clark

At the heart of the culture : the Hartmans and the Roelofs / Diane F. Alters

Fitting in with the media : the Price-Benoits and the Franzes / Lee Hood

"Couch potatodom" reconsidered : the Vogels and the Carsons / Joseph G. Champ

Conclusion : the "intentional and sophisticated" relationship / Diane F. Alters and Lynn Schofield Clark.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-201) and index.

ISBN:

0415969166

0415969174

OCLC:

52819745