Tuning In to Young Viewers: Social Science Perspectives on Television - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803958269 ISBN 13: 9780803958265

Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1996

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Media effects - a key area of media studies - is traditionally provocative and often controversial. Contemporary issues such as violence on television and children's dependence on television are continually debated.

Tuning In to Young Viewers provides a much needed, up-to-date overview of the key topics in television use and effects. It is designed in both style and organization as an upper-level text for courses in communication and psychology and is written by scholars well-known to both fields, in particular for their work concerning media influences. Topics discussed include: diversity on television; television dependence, diagnosis and prevention; television and the socialization of young children; and children's fear an

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Both provocative and controversial, Tuning In to Young Viewers focuses on a key area of media studies. Today, issues such as violence on television and children¿s dependence on television are continually debated. This volume provides a much-needed overview of the crucial topics concerning the uses and effects of television. Designed both in style and organization as an upper-level text for courses in communication and psychology, it is written by scholars well-known to both fields and particularly recognized for their work related to media influences. Topics include diversity on television, television dependence and its diagnosis and prevention, television and the socialization of young children, children¿s fear, and other indirect effects of television. For researchers and professionals interested in the effects of television, this book delves into the important topics related to television viewing. The extensive analysis provided makes this text a necessity for courses in media, communication, developmental psychology, sociology, and popular culture.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0803958269
• ISBN 13: 9780803958265
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 292
• Herausgeber: Macbeth Tannis M.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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