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Media and the American child / George Comstock and Erica Scharrer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Comstock, George (George A.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television and children--United States.
- Television and children.
- Mass media and children--United States.
- Mass media and children.
- Mass media and teenagers--United States.
- Mass media and teenagers.
- Children and violence--United States.
- Children and violence.
- Youth and violence--United States.
- Youth and violence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (388 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Burlington, MA : Elsevier, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This new work summarizes the research on all forms of media on children, looking at how much time they spend with media everyday, television programming and its impact on children, how advertising has changed to appeal directly to children and the effects on children and the consumer behavior of parents, the relationship between media use and scholastic achievement, the influence of violence in media on anti-social behavior, and the role of media in influencing attitudes on body image, sex and work roles, fashion, & lifestyle.The average American child, aged 2-17, watches 25 hours of T
- Contents:
- Demographics and preferences in media use, with special attention to the very young
- The extraordinary appeal of screen media
- The world as portrayed by media
- Effects of media on scholastic performance and the developing intellect
- Young customers : creating the modern consumer through advertising and marketing
- Television violence, aggression, and other behavioral effects
- Learning rules and norms : further evidence of media effects
- Knowledge for what?
- Notes:
- "Revised ed. of the first author's Television and the American child (Academic Press, 1991)"--p. xii.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-349) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-05064-4
- 9786611050641
- 0-08-047937-5
- OCLC:
- 469589508
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