Screen LibraryThe little emperors' new toys a critical inquiry into children and television in China /
Drawing on original research I conducted in the late 1980s, the book argues for a critical approach to the study of children and television. It begins with critical reappraisals of previous empiricist and interpretative studies to set the ground for a different theoretical inquiry which links biogra...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32048-4 |
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Drawing on original research I conducted in the late 1980s, the book argues for a critical approach to the study of children and television. It begins with critical reappraisals of previous empiricist and interpretative studies to set the ground for a different theoretical inquiry which links biography with history. The situated activity of children's television viewing therefore has to be related to the broader historical and cultural formations in post-Mao China. By way of a methodological pluralism of questionnaire survey, in-depth interviews and observation ... |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xix, 130 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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9783642320484 (electronic bk.) 3642320481 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | HQ784 |
| CLC: | D669.5 |
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Children and Television: Public Concern and Scientific Research -- Positivist Approaches and Interpretative Alternatives: Critical Reappraisals -- For a Critical Approach to the Study of Children and Television -- Children's Television in China: From Education to Commercial Entertainment -- Intellectual and Moral Education: Parental Control and Children's Viewing Activity -- The Craze for the Transformers: Children's Television and the Rise of Consumerism in China. |