Children and Television: Fifty Years of Research (LEA's Communication Series) (Routledge Communication Series)

This seminal volume is a comprehensive review of the literature on children's television, covering fifty years of academic research on children and television. The work includes studies of content, effects, and policy, and offers research conducted by social scientists and cultural studies scholars. The research questions represented here consider the content of programming, children's responses to television, regulation concerning children's television policies, issues of advertising, and concerns about sex and race stereotyping, often voicing concerns that children's entertainment be held to a higher standard. The volume also offers essays by scholars who have been seeking answers to some of the most critical questions addressed by this research. It represents the interdisciplinary nature of research on children and television, and draws on many academic traditions, including communication studies, psychology, sociology, education, economics, and medicine. The full bibliography is included on CD. Arguably the most comprehensive bibliography of research on children and television, this work illustrates the ongoing evolution of scholarship in this area, and establishes how it informs or changes public policy, as well as defining its role in shaping a future agenda. The volume will be a required resource for scholars, researchers, and policy makers concerned with issues of children and television, media policy, media literacy and education, and family studies. Children And Television: Fifty Years Of Research Is A Comprehensive Review Of The Literature On Children's Television, Covering Fifty Years Of Academic Research On Children And Television. This Volume Also Offers Essays By Scholars Who Have Been Seeking Answers To Some Of The Most Critical Questions Addressed By This Research. It Represents The Interdisciplinary Nature Of Research On Children And Television, And Draws On Many Academic Traditions, Including Communication Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Education, Economics, And Medicine. The Bibliography Includes Studies Of Content, Effects, And Policy, And Offers Research Conducted By Social Scientists And Cultural Studies Scholars. The Research Questions Consider The Content Of Programming, Children's Responses To Television, Regulation Concerning Children's Television Policies, Issues Of Advertising, And Concerns About Sex And Race Stereotyping, Often Voicing Concerns That Children's Entertainment Be Held To A Higher Standard. The Bibliography Is Also Included On Cd. This Volume Will Be A Required Resource For Scholars, Researchers, And Policymakers Concerned With Issues Of Children And Television, Media Policy, Media Literacy And Education, And Family Studies.--jacket. The Changing Nature Of Children's Television : Fifty Years Of Research / Norma Pecora -- From Attention To Comprehension : How Children Watch And Learn From Television / Aletha C. Huston, David S. Bickham, June H. Lee, And John C. Wright -- The Impact Of Television On Cognitive Development And Educational Achievement / Marie Evans Schmidt And Daniel R. Anderson -- Television, Social Roles, And Marginality : Portrayals Of The Past And Images For The Future / Gordon L. Berry -- Is Television Healthy? : The Medical Perspective / Michael Rich -- Advertising And Consumer Development / Nancy A. Jennings And Ellen A. Wartella -- Tv Violence : Research And Controversy / John P. Murray -- Health, Drugs, And Values / Elizabeth P. Lorch. Edited By Norma Pecora, John P. Murray, Ellen Ann Wartella. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. System Requirements For Accompanying Cd-rom: Adobe Acrobat Reader ; Cd-rom. "Children and Television: Fifty Years of Research is a comprehensive review of the literature on children's television, covering fifty years of academic research on children and television. This volume also offers essays by scholars who have been seeking answers to some of the most critical questions addressed by this research. It represents the interdisciplinary nature of research on children and television, and draws on many academic traditions, including communication studies, psychology, sociology, education, economics, and medicine. The bibliography includes studies of content, effects, and policy, and offers research conducted by social scientists and cultural studies scholars. The research questions consider the content of programming, children's responses to television, regulation concerning children's television policies, issues of advertising, and concerns about sex and race stereotyping, often voicing concerns that children's entertainment be held to a higher standard. The bibliography is also included on CD." "This volume will be a required resource for scholars, researchers, and policymakers concerned with issues of children and television, media policy, media literacy and education, and family studies."--Résumé de l'éditeur Containing studies of content, effects & policy, this volume offers research conducted by social scientists & cultural studies scholars. It considers the content of programming, regulation concerning children's television policies, issues of advertising, & concerns about sex & race stereotyping. "Children and Television" includes studies of content, effects, and policy, and offers research conducted by social scientists and cultural studies scholars. The research questions represented here consider the content of programming, children's responses to television, regulation concerning children's television policies, issues of advertising, and concerns about sex and race stereotyping, often voicing concerns that children's entertainment be held to a higher standard. The volume also offers essays by scholars who have been seeking answers to some of the most critical questions addressed by this research. It represents the interdisciplinary nature of research on children and television, and draws on many academic traditions, including communication studies, psychology, sociology, education, economics, and medicine Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 8 Series Foreword......Page 10 Foreword......Page 12 Preface......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 1 The Changing Nature of Children’s Television: Fifty Years of Research......Page 24 2 From Attention to Comprehension: How Children Watch and Learn From Television......Page 64 3 The Impact of Television on Cognitive Development and Educational Achievement......Page 88 4 Television, Social Roles, and Marginality: Portrayals of the Past and Images for the Future......Page 108 5 Is Television Healthy? The Medical Perspective......Page 132 6 Advertising and Consumer Development......Page 172 7 TV Violence: Research and Controversy......Page 206 8 Health, Drugs, and Values......Page 228 Bibliography 1949 to 2005......Page 256 Author Index......Page 386 Subject Index......Page 402