A worthwhile effort. –The Hindustan Times ‘Children and Television provides a detailed description of the patterns of representation of different groups on children′s television programs (including commercial broadcast, public broadcast, and cable) and their potential consequences for the development of people′s worldviews. . . . Children and Television is a readable and interesting introduction to research on children and television by scholars in a variety of social science disciplines as well as media professions.’ Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media ‘There is much in this collection of 22 essays which will be of interest to anyone concerned with understanding children′s interaction with television.’ –Media Development ‘The issues addressed in Children and Television, are of critical importance to us at PBS. Congratulations on completing this thoughtful work. We are forwarding copies to those public television programs that on occasion review books or address these topics in their programming. . . . Works like Children and Television provide useful food for thought for those of us who care about children, whether as parents, citizens, educators or media professionals.’ –Jennifer Lawson, Executive Vice President, National Programming and Promotion Services, PBS ‘A thought provoking publication.’ –Educational Media International ‘This is an impressive and wide-ranging collection, especially given current policy discussions about enforcement of the Children′s Television Act.’ –Communication Booknotes Today, children grow up in a media-driven society. While children of every generation face new demands and difficulties, the media explosion represents special challenges because television now plays a role in the child′s socialization process. Set within a multicultural context, Gordon L. Berry and Joy Keiko Asamen explore how television influences our children. Children and Television identifies the social and cultural impact of television on the psychosocial development of children who are growing up in an ever-changing, multicultural world. A thought-provoking and challenging book, it analyzes major media organizations and projects policies, practices, and research directions for the future. Contributors discuss various forms of television and its effect on attention, comprehension, and behavior; television′s effects on imaginative and creative capabilities of children; and the medium′s influence on the socialization of youth. They also cover the cultural content of Saturday morning television; the portrayal of major ethnic and racial minority populations in the United States and the effects these portrayals have on children′s attitudes toward these populations; and the portrayal of women, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.
Table of Content
Introduction – Gordon L Berry
Television as a Worldwide Cultural Tapestry
PART ONE: TELEVISION AND THE DEVELOPING CHILD IN A MULTIMEDIA WORLD
The Developing Child in a Multimedia Society – John P Murray
Cognitive Developmental Influences on Children′s Understanding of Television – Catherine N Doubleday and Kristin L Droege
From Television Forms to Genre Schemata – Marguerite Fitch, Aletha C Huston and John C Wright
Children′s Perceptions of Television Reality
The Program-Length Commercial – Patricia Marks Greenfield et al
A Study of the Effects of Television/Toy Tie-Ins on Imaginative Play
Creativity of Children in a Television World – Dorothy G Singer
Children and Media in Media Education – James A Anderson and Milton E Ploghoft
The Medium of Television and the School Curriculum – Gordon L Berry
Turning Research into Classroom Practice
PART TWO: TELEVISION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD′S WORLDVIEW
The Medium and the Society – George Comstock
The Role of Television in American Life
Cultural Diversity on Saturday Morning Television – Bradley S Greenberg and Jeffrey E Brand
Rubik′s Tube – Edward L Palmer, K Taylor Smith and Kim S Strawser
Developing a Child′s Television Worldview
Conceptual Models of an African-American Belief System – Richard L Allen
A Program of Research
PART THREE: TELEVISION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD′S UNDERSTANDING OF DIVERSE POPULATIONS
Television, the Portrayal of African Americans, and the Development of Children′s Attitudes – Sherryl Browne Graves
Developing Television for American Indian and Alaska Native Children in the Late 20th Century – Haney Geiogamah (Kiowa) and D Michael Pavel (Skokomish)
They′re So Cute When They′re Young – Darrell Y Hamamoto
The Asian-American Child on Television
The Television Worlds of Latino Children – Federico A Subervi-Vélez and Susan Colsant
Television, the Portrayal of Women, and Children′s Attitudes – Nancy Signorielli
Television, the Portrayal of the Elderly, and Children′s Attitudes – Peter M Kovaric
Changing Channels – Elaine Makas
The Portrayal of People with Disabilities on Television
PART FOUR: FUTURE PERSPECTIVES ON PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
Policy and the Future of Children′s Television – Dale Kunkel
Public Television Programming and the Changing Cultural Landscape – Gordon L Berry
The Challenge to Improve Television for Children – Horst Stipp
A New Perspective
The Nickelodeon Experience – Geraldine Laybourne
Epilogue – Joy Keiko Asamen
What Children Learn from Television and How They Learn It
About the author
Dr. Asamen received her doctorate in educational psychology, specializing in counseling psychology. She came to Pepperdine University after five years in psychiatric research at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Brentwood and the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. Her teaching interests are in areas of research methods and data analysis. She is a licensed psychologist in California.
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