On becoming neighbors : the communication ethics of Fred Rogers / Alexandra C. Klarén.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klarén, Alexandra C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rogers, Fred--Influence.

Rogers, Fred.

Mister Rogers' neighborhood (Television program)--Social aspects.

Mister Rogers' neighborhood (Television program).

Mister Rogers' neighborhood (Television program)--History and criticism.

Children's television programs--United States.

Children's television programs.

Television and children.

Genre:

Children's television programs.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 332 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]

Summary:

"A cultural, ethical, & rhetorical study of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"--Page 4 of dust jacket.

Fred Rogers is an American cultural and media icon, whose children's television program, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, ran for more than thirty years (1967-2001) on the Public Broadcasting System. In this highly original book, communication scholar Alexandra C. Klarén shows how Rogers captured the moral, social, and emotional imaginations of multiple generations of Americans. She explores the nuanced complexity of the thought behind the man and the program, the dialogical integration of his various influences, and the intentional ethic of care behind the creation of a program that spoke to the affective, cultural, and educational needs of children (and adults) during a period of cultural and political upheaval. Richly informed by newly available archival materials, On Becoming Neighbors chronicles the evolution of Rogers' thought on television, children, pedagogy, and the family through a rhetorical, cultural, and ethical lens. Klarén probes how Rogers creates the conditions for dialogue in which participants explore possibilities and questions relating to the social and material world. -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Situating Rogers's vision: a sociocultural framing

Creating the dialogic: Christianity, child development, and the parasocial

Inside Mister Rogers' neighborhood: objects, play, and the cultural dialectic

"Won't you be my neighbor?": intergenerational dialogics in Neighborhood viewer mail

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822987208

0822987201