Children and media in times of conflict and war / edited by Dafna Lemish, Maya Götz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lemish, Dafna, 1951-

Götz, Maya.

Series:

Hampton Press communication series. Communication alternatives

The Hampton Press communication series. Communication alternatives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and children.

Television and children.

Children and war.

Television broadcasting of news--Psychological aspects.

Television broadcasting of news.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Television and the war.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

War and television.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Public opinion.

Public opinion.

Children--Attitudes.

Children.

Physical Description:

viii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cresskill, NJ : Hampton Press, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction: Why study children and media at times of war and conflict / Dafna Lemish & Maya Götz

"I know that it is Bush's fault" : how children in Germany perceived the war in Iraq / Maya Götz

U.S. children negotiating the protective silence of parents and teachers on the war in Iraq / Ellen Seiter

"This is our war" : Israeli children domesticating the war in Iraq / Dafna Lemish

Dutch children's emotional reactions to news about the war in Iraq : influence of media exposure, identification, and empathy / Juliette H. Walma van der Molen & Elly A. Konijn

Children's writings on the Internet about the war in Iraq : a comparison of Dutch and German submissions to guestbooks on children's TV news programs / Peter Nikken & Maya Götz

Talking about my generation : a critical examination of children's BBC newsround web site dicussions about war, conflict, and terrorism / Cynthia Carter

How TV producers dealt with the war in Iraq in their children's programs / Petra Strohmaier

"What good came of it at last?" : ethos, style, and sense of audience in the reporting of war by children's news programs / Máire Messsenger Davies

"Operation Iraqi Freedom" in the children's news : a comparison of consolation strategies used by Dutch and German news producers / Peter Nikken & Juliette Walma van der Molen

Israeli children's television going to war with Iraq / Dafna Lemish

Developing children's understanding of conflict resolution through quality television / Peter Lemish

U.S. children in the Iraq War news coverage : reflections of the status quo? / Megan Pincus Kajitani

TV news and coping : parents' use of strategies for reducing children's news-induced fears / Emily Moyer-Gusé & Stacy L. Smith

Social judgments in Israeli and Arabic children : findings from media-based intervention projects / Alaina Brenick ... [et al.]

"As though there is peace" : opinions of Jewish-Israeli children about watching Rechov Sumsum/Sharaa Simsim amid armed political conflict / Yael Warshel

Toward better use of media for children at times of war and conflict : concluding notes / Dafna Lemish & Maya Götz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1572737484

9781572737488

1572737492

9781572737495

OCLC:

124158835