Children and television : a global perspective / Dafna Lemish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemish, Dafna, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television and children.

Television in education.

Television broadcasting--Social aspects.

Television broadcasting.

Physical Description:

xii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007.

Summary:

This book offers a magisterial overview on children and television from the accumulated global literature in this field of the past 50 years, combining both the American tradition, influenced heavily by developmental psychological studies, as well as the European tradition, characterized by more sociological and cultural studies perspectives to the field. Similarly, it draws together a methodological diversity from both the quantitative - experimental and survey research, together with the qualitative - ethnographic and interview - research of children and television.With a distinctively international approach, Children and Television highlights the global perspective in each of the chapters, balancing the need to contextualize television in children 's lives in their unique cultural spaces, as well as searching for universal understandings that hold true for children around the world.

Contents:

The home of television viewing

Television and individual development

Television and the behavior of children

Television and the social construction of reality

Television and learning

Implications for education and policy

Conclusion : growing up in a global screen culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [222]-245) and index.

ISBN:

1405144181

140514419X

OCLC:

67383700

Publisher Number:

9781405144186

9781405144193