| Description |
x, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
LEA's communication series |
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LEA's communication series.
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| Contents |
The mediated world : the uses of media literacy -- The real world, and the real child -- Reality perception on TV -- Formal features, literature, art, and education -- The sample and the study -- The interview methodology : recognizing the not real -- "A show for little kids" : Sesame Street -- "Everyone is talking about Ross Perot" : Real news for kids -- "A comedy fiction type of thing" : The Cosby show -- "It's supposed to be a fairytale" : The sand fairy -- Modality : conversations about the relationship of art to life -- "Charming our leisure" : why media matter |
| Summary |
"Based on a study examining the meaning of the term "media literacy" in children, this volume concentrates on audiovisual narratives of television and film and their effects. It closely examines children's concepts of real and unreal and how they learn to make distinctions between the two. It also explores the idea that children are protected from the harmful effects of violence on television by the knowledge that what they see is not real." "This volume is special in using children's own words to explore their awareness of submerged conventions of television genres, of their functions and effects, of their relationship to the real world, and of how this awareness varies with age and other factors."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-154) and index |
| Subject |
Cognition in children -- United States.
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Social perception in children -- United States.
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Television and children -- United States.
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Visual literacy -- United States.
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| LC no. |
96009530 |
| ISBN |
0805820469 alkaline paper |
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0805820477 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780805820461 alkaline paper |
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9780805820478 paperback alkaline paper |
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