Introduction: Television as a Worldwide Cultural Tapestry ---- PART I. TELEVISION AND THE DEVELOPING CHILD IN A MULTIMEDIA WORLD. 1. The developing child in a multimedia society / John P. Murray --- 2. Cognitive developmental influences on children's understanding of television / Catherine N. Doubleday, Kristin L. Droege --- 3. From television forms to genre schemata : children's perceptions of television reality / Marguerite Fitch, Aletha C. Huston, John C. Wright --- 4. The program-length commercial : a study of the effects of television/toy tie-ins on imaginative play / Patricia Marks Greenfield, et al. --- 5. Creativity of children in a television world / Dorothy G. Singer --- 6. Children and media in media education / James A. Anderson, Milton E. Ploghoft --- 7. The medium of television and the school curriculum : turning research into classroom practice / Gordon L. Berry ---- PART TWO: TELEVISION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD'S WORLDVIEW. 8. The medium and the society : the role of television in American life / George Comstock --- 9. Cultural diversity on Saturday morning television / Bradley S. Greenberg, Jeffrey E. Brand --- 10. Rubik's tube : developing a child's television worldview / Edward L. Palmer, Taylor Smith, Kim S. Strawser --- 11. Conceptual models of an African-American belief system : a program of research / Richard L. Allen ---- PART THREE: TELEVISION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD'S UNDERSTANDING OF DIVERSE POPULATIONS. 12. Television, the portrayal of African Americans and the development of children's attitudes / Sherryl Browne Graves --- 13. Developing television for American Indian and Alaska native children in the late 20th century / Haney Geiogamah (Kiowa), D. Michael Pavel (Skokomish) --- 14. They're so cute when they're young : the Asian-American child on television / Darrell Y. Hamamoto --- 15. The television worlds of Latino children / Federico A. Subervi-Velez, Susan Colsant --- 16. Television, the portrayal of women, and children's attitudes / Nancy Signorielli --- 17. Television, the portrayal of the elderly, and childen's attitudes / Peter M. Kovaric --- 18. Changing channels : the portrayal of people with disabilities on television / Elaine Makas ---- PART FOUR: FUTURE PERSPECTIVES ON PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN. 19. Policy and the future of children's television / Dale Kunkel --- 20. Public television programming and the changing cultural landscape / Gordon L. Berry --- 21. The challenge to improve television for children : a new perspective / Horst Stipp --- 22. The Nickelodean experience / Geraldine Laybourne ---- Epilogue : what children learn from television and how they learn it / Joy Keiko Asamen
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The main focus of this book is to identify the social and cultural impact of television on the psychosocial development of children growing up in a constantly changing multicultural society. The book analyzes major media organizations and projects policies, practices and research directions for the future