| Media, Children, and the Family: Social Scientific, Psychodynamic, and Clinical Perspectives Contributor(s): Zillmann, Dolf (Editor), Bryant, Jennings (Editor), Huston, Aletha C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0805814159 ISBN-13: 9780805814156 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1994 Annotation: This book brings together a group of scholars to share findings and insights on the effects of media on children and family. Their contributions reflect not only widely divergent political orientations and value systems, but also three distinct domains of inquiry into human motivation and behavior -- social scientific, psychodynamic (or psychoanalytical), and clinical practice. Each of these three domains is privy to important evidence and insights that need to transcend epistemological and methodological boundaries if understanding of the subject is to improve dramatically. In keeping with this notion, the editors asked the authors to go beyond a summary of findings, and lend additional distinction to the book by applying the "binoculars" of their particular perspective and offering suggestions as to the implications of their findings. br br One of the goals of the conference that resulted in this book was consensus building in the area of media and family. From examining the findings and insights of a diverse group of scholars, it seems that consensus building in several areas is a distinct possibility. Addressing the concerns of educators about the influence of the mass media of communication -- entertainment programs in particular -- on children and the welfare of the nuclear family, this volume projects directions for superior programming, especially for educational television. The influence of sex and violence on children and adults is given much attention, and the development of moral judgment and sexual expectations, among other things, is explored. The critical analysis of media effects includes examination of positive contributions of the media, such as the search formissing children and exemplary educational programs. br |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 302.23 |
| LCCN: 93040758 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.11 lbs) 368 pages |