BBC children's television, parentcraft and pedagogy: Towards the 'ethicalization of existence'

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-39

  Briggs, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BBC; CBeebies; Children; Discourse; Ethics; Parentcraft; Pedagogy; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049138313     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443708098244     Document Type: Article

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