Tuning in to Young Viewers : Social Science Perspectives on Television

by Tannis M. MacBeth

• ISBN13: 9780803958258
• ISBN10: 0803958250
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781452248424
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-05-07
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

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 and television.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Aletha C Huston and John C Wright

Television and Socialization of Young Children - Sherryl Browne Graves

Diversity on Television - Joanne Cantor

Television and Children's Fear - Eric Dubow and Laurie S Miller

Television Violence Viewing and Aggressive Behavior - Tannis M MacBeth

Indirect Effects of Television

Creativity, Persistence, School Achievement, and Participation in Other Activities - Robert W Kubey

Television Dependence, Diagnosis, and Prevention

With Commentary on Video Games, Pornography, and Media Education