Table of Contents
Introduction - Gordon L BerryTelevision 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 WrightChildren's Perceptions of Television RealityThe Program-Length Commercial - Patricia Marks Greenfield et alA 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 BerryTurning Research into Classroom PracticePART TWO: TELEVISION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD'S WORLDVIEWThe Medium and the Society - George ComstockThe 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 StrawserDeveloping a Child's Television WorldviewConceptual Models of an African-American Belief System - Richard L AllenA 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 HamamotoThe 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 MakasThe 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 StippA New PerspectiveThe Nickelodeon Experience - Geraldine LaybourneEpilogue - Joy Keiko AsamenWhat Children Learn from Television and How They Learn It
