Comstock, George A.

Media and the American child [electronic resource] / George Comstock and Erica Scharrer. - Burlington, MA : Elsevier, c2007. - xiv, 373 p. : ill.

"Revised ed. of the first author's Television and the American child (Academic Press, 1991)"--p. xii.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-349) and indexes.

Demographics and preferences in media use, with special attention to the very young -- The extraordinary appeal of screen media -- The world as portrayed by media -- Effects of media on scholastic performance and the developing intellect -- Young customers : creating the modern consumer through advertising and marketing -- Television violence, aggression, and other behavioral effects -- Learning rules and norms : further evidence of media effects -- Knowledge for what?


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Television and children--United States.
Mass media and children--United States.
Mass media and teenagers--United States.
Children and violence--United States.
Youth and violence--United States.
Massamedia.
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Verenigde Staten.


Electronic books.

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