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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Sternheimer, Karen. It's not the media. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2003 (OCoLC)652113591 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Karen Sternheimer |
| ISBN: | 0813341388 9780813341385 |
| OCLC Number: | 52518856 |
| Description: | x, 272 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Who's afraid of 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. |
| Other Titles: | Pop culture's influence on children |
| Responsibility: | Karen Sternheimer. |
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Abstract:
"It's Not the Media considers why media culture is a perennial target of both fascination and concern, and why we are so often encouraged to believe it is the root of many social problems. A look beyond the attention-grabbing headlines and political stumping reveals that fearing media feels right because media represents what we fear. And changes in media culture are easier to see than the complex economic, social, and political changes we have experienced over the past few decades. Digging deeper into the historical and societal trends of the past century and drawing from the most current social science research on the effects of media on children, Karen Sternheimer presents a compelling argument that fear of social change, and what it means to be a kid in today's media-saturated climate, lies at the heart of our media-bashing culture."--Jacket.
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- 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.
- Médias et jeunesse -- États-Unis.
- Culture populaire -- États-Unis.
- Internet et enfants -- États-Unis.
- Enfants -- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales.
- Enfants et adultes -- États-Unis.
- Adolescents et adultes -- États-Unis.
- Médias et opinion publique -- États-Unis.
- Massamedia.
- Internet.
- Kinderen.
- Gevolgen.
- Ouder-kind-relaties.
- Angst.
- Sociale verandering.
