It's not the media : the truth about pop culture's influence on children

It's not the media : the truth about pop culture's influence on children /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sternheimer, Karen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Mass media and youth > United States.
Popular culture > United States.
Internet and children > United States.
Children > United States > Social conditions.
Children and adults > United States.
Teenagers and adults > United States.
Mass media and public opinion > United States.
Children.
Family members.
Mass media and youth.
Popular culture.
Internet and children.
Children > Social conditions.
Children and adults.
Teenagers and adults.
Mass media and public opinion.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Who's afraid of the the big bad wolf? ; The flawed logic of media phobia, past and present
  • Why Americans choose to fear media ; It's not the media: what really changed childhood
  • Why Americans choose to fear youth ; The politics of youth-bashing
  • Fear of media violence ; Four fallacies of media-violence effects
  • Fear of cartoons ; Role models for bad behavior?
  • Fear of video games ; The blamed games
  • Fear of music ; Musical murder and misogyny
  • Fear of advertising and the young consumer ; How much is that psyche in the window?
  • Fear of sex ; Do the media make them do it?
  • Fear of the Internet ; Information regulation
  • Rethinking fears of media and children ; Media: a sheep in wolf's clothing.

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