Selling learning: Towards a political economy of edutainment media

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-58+120

  Buckingham, David ^a   Scanlon, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Economics; Education; Entertainment; Parents; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344296942     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443705049057     Document Type: Review

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