Children and Television

Dr. Asamen received her doctorate in educational psychology, specializing in counseling psychology. She came to Pepperdine University after five years in psychiatric research at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Brentwood and the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. Her teaching interests are in areas of research methods and data analysis. She is a licensed psychologist in California.

The main focus of this book is to identify the social and cultural impact of television on the psychosocial development of children growing up in a constantly changing multicultural society. The book analyzes major media organizations and projects policies, practices and research directions for the future.

Introduction - Gordon L Berry Television as a Worldwide Cultural TapestryPART ONE: TELEVISION AND THE DEVELOPING CHILD IN A MULTIMEDIA WORLDThe Developing Child in a Multimedia Society - John P MurrayCognitive Developmental Influences on Children¿s Understanding of Television - Catherine N Doubleday and Kristin L DroegeFrom Television Forms to Genre Schemata - Marguerite Fitch, Aletha C Huston and John C Wright Children¿s Perceptions of Television RealityThe Program-Length Commercial - Patricia Marks Greenfield et al A Study of the Effects of Television/Toy Tie-Ins on Imaginative PlayCreativity of Children in a Television World - Dorothy G SingerChildren and Media in Media Education - James A Anderson and Milton E PloghoftThe Medium of Television and the School Curriculum - Gordon L Berry Turning Research into Classroom PracticePART TWO: TELEVISION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD¿S WORLDVIEWThe Medium and the Society - George Comstock The Role of Television in American LifeCultural Diversity on Saturday Morning Television - Bradley S Greenberg and Jeffrey E BrandRubik¿s Tube - Edward L Palmer, K Taylor Smith and Kim S Strawser Developing a Child¿s Television WorldviewConceptual Models of an African-American Belief System - Richard L Allen A Program of ResearchPART THREE: TELEVISION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD¿S UNDERSTANDING OF DIVERSE POPULATIONSTelevision, the Portrayal of African Americans, and the Development of Children¿s Attitudes - Sherryl Browne GravesDeveloping Television for American Indian and Alaska Native Children in the Late 20th Century - Haney Geiogamah (Kiowa) and D Michael Pavel (Skokomish)They¿re So Cute When They¿re Young - Darrell Y Hamamoto The Asian-American Child on TelevisionThe Television Worlds of Latino Children - Federico A Subervi-Vélez and Susan ColsantTelevision, the Portrayal of Women, and Children¿s Attitudes - Nancy SignorielliTelevision, the Portrayal of the Elderly, and Children¿s Attitudes - Peter M KovaricChanging Channels - Elaine Makas The Portrayal of People with Disabilities on TelevisionPART FOUR: FUTURE PERSPECTIVES ON PROGRAMS FOR CHILDRENPolicy and the Future of Children¿s Television - Dale KunkelPublic Television Programming and the Changing Cultural Landscape - Gordon L BerryThe Challenge to Improve Television for Children - Horst Stipp A New PerspectiveThe Nickelodeon Experience - Geraldine LaybourneEpilogue - Joy Keiko Asamen What Children Learn from Television and How They Learn It