The Plug-In Drug

The Plug-In Drug

Author: Marie Winn

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2002-03-26

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0142001082

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How does the passive act of watching television and other electronic media-regardless of their content-affect a developing child's relationship to the real world? Focusing on this crucial question, Marie Winn takes a compelling look at television's impact on children and the family. Winn's classic study has been extensively updated to address the new media landscape, including new sections on: computers, video games, the VCR, the V-Chip and other control devices, TV programming for babies, television and physical health, and gaining control of your TV.


The Plug-in Drug

The Plug-in Drug

Author: Marie Winn

Publisher: Penguin Mass Market

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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Examines the effects of television on children and on family life and suggests methods by which parents can successfully control television viewing.


The Citizen Audience

The Citizen Audience

Author: Richard Butsch

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-02-15

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1135867461

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In The Citizen Audience, Richard Butsch explores the cultural and political history of audiences in the United States from the nineteenth century to the present. He demonstrates that, while attitudes toward audiences have shifted over time, Americans have always judged audiences against standards of good citizenship. From descriptions of tightly packed crowds in early American theaters to the contemporary reports of distant, anonymous Internet audiences, Butsch examines how audiences were represented in contemporary discourse. He explores a broad range of sources on theater, movies, propaganda, advertising, broadcast journalism, and much more. Butsch discovers that audiences were characterized according to three recurrent motifs: as crowds and as isolated individuals in a mass, both of which were considered bad, and as publics which were considered ideal audiences. These images were based on and reinforced class and other social hierarchies. At times though, subordinate groups challenged their negative characterization in these images, and countered with their own interpretations. A remarkable work of cultural criticism and media history, this book is essential reading for anyone seeking an historical understanding of how audiences, media and entertainment function in the American cultural and political imagination.


Children and the Media

Children and the Media

Author: Everette E. Dennis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-08

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1351528939

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Throughout history the media has primarily been produced by adults, for adults, about adults. Increasingly, children have become a matter of high priority in the modern media society, and as they have, they have also become the subject of much concern. From debates in Congress about the detrimental effects of movies, comic books, and video games over the last century to efforts to court children as media consumers, there is a clear recognition that the media are not now and probably never were purely adult fare. Their impact on children is at issue.


Disconnected America: The Future of Mass Media in a Narcissistic Society

Disconnected America: The Future of Mass Media in a Narcissistic Society

Author: Ed Shane

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-04-29

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1317473027

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Ed Shane here traces a change in the American pervasive mass media that once disseminated information quickly and stimulated mass cultural response, to a de-massified individual media that incubate a new electronic narcissicism, producing an inwardly-focused society.


Building Confidence in Your Child

Building Confidence in Your Child

Author: Dr. James Dobson

Publisher: Revell

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1493401211

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A solid sense of self-worth helps children make good choices, develop healthy relationships, and work to achieve their dreams. Based on a biblical understanding of human value, Building Confidence in Your Child teaches moms and dads how to parent positively to help their children grow into secure adults who are poised for success in life. Deftly balancing the principles of humility and pride, trusted author and parenting expert Dr. James Dobson offers practical pointers that break through the theories and get right down to the decisions parents have to make every day.


Media Skills for Middle Schools

Media Skills for Middle Schools

Author: Lucille W. Van Vliet

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1999-01-15

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0313022860

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These practical and useful lesson plans promote teaching information and computer skills as an integral part of the middle school curriculum. Emphasizing the vital role shared by media specialists, teachers, and administrators in connecting students to the Information Superhighway, this new edition contains current goals, terminology, learning strategies, and resources that encompass the Information Age.


Evangelical Christians and Popular Culture

Evangelical Christians and Popular Culture

Author: Robert H. Woods Jr.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2013-01-09

Total Pages: 1097

ISBN-13: 0313386552

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This three-volume collection demonstrates the depth and breadth of evangelical Christians' consumption, critique, and creation of popular culture, and how evangelical Christians are both influenced by—and influence—mainstream popular culture, covering comic books to movies to social media. Evangelical Christians and Popular Culture: Pop Goes the Gospel addresses the full spectrum of evangelical media and popular culture offerings, even delving into lesser-known forms of evangelical popular culture such as comic books, video games, and theme parks. The chapters in this 3-volume work are written by over 50 authors who specialize in fields as diverse as history, theology, music, psychology, journalism, film and television studies, advertising, and public relations. Volume 1 examines film, radio and television, and the Internet; Volume 2 covers literature, music, popular art, and merchandise; and Volume 3 discusses public figures, popular press, places, and events. The work is intended for a scholarly audience but presents material in a student-friendly, accessible manner. Evangelical insiders will receive a fresh look at the wide variety of evangelical popular culture offerings, many of which will be unknown, while non-evangelical readers will benefit from a comprehensive introduction to the subject matter.


Kid Stuff

Kid Stuff

Author: Diane Ravitch

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2003-05-28

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780801873270

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