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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814565403321

Autore

Comstock George A

Titolo

Media and the American child / / George Comstock and Erica Scharrer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, MA, : Elsevier, c2007

ISBN

1-281-05064-4

9786611050641

0-08-047937-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Classificazione

05.30

Altri autori (Persone)

ScharrerErica

ComstockGeorge A

Disciplina

302.230830973

Soggetti

Television and children - United States

Mass media and children - United States

Mass media and teenagers - United States

Children and violence - United States

Youth and violence - United States

Massamedia

Kinderen

Verenigde Staten

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Revised ed. of the first author's Television and the American child (Academic Press, 1991)"--p. xii.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-349) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Demographics and preferences in media use, with special attention to the very young -- The extraordinary appeal of screen media -- The world as portrayed by media -- Effects of media on scholastic performance and the developing intellect -- Young customers : creating the modern consumer through advertising and marketing -- Television violence, aggression, and other behavioral effects -- Learning rules and norms : further evidence of media effects -- Knowledge for what?

Sommario/riassunto

This new work summarizes the research on all forms of media on children, looking at how much time they spend with media everyday, television programming and its impact on children, how advertising has changed to appeal directly to children and the effects on children and



the consumer behavior of parents, the relationship between media use and scholastic achievement, the influence of violence in media on anti-social behavior, and the role of media in influencing attitudes on body image, sex and work roles, fashion, & lifestyle.The average American child, aged 2-17, watches 25 hours of T