Historical and Recurring Concerns about Children's Use of the Mass Media

The Handbook of Children, Media, and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 5-26

  Wartella, Ellen ^a   Robb, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercialization media; Educational and prosocial media content; Historical influences; Public broadcasting service (PBS); Screen media content and issues; Television's introduction into children's lives and time use; Violent and sexual media content

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889294050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302752.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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