The Lively Audience: A Study of Children Around the TV Set

by Patricia Palmer

Overview

The Lively Audience (1986) studies television from the children’s own point of view. Contrary to most prevailing opinion, it contends that television has much to teach children, and that their relationship with the medium is not one of passive dependency after all. Research shows that what children gain from television depends very much on the child’s age and social experience, and that children ‘see’ television differently from adults. This book examines this issue, and gives us a different understanding of the child audience and the impact of their television viewing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032641256
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/22/2023
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Broadcasting
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. A New Look at Children and Television 2. Methods of Research 3. TV: The Child’s View 4. Family Room, TV Room 5. Talk-Back Television 6. The Friendship Network 7. What is ‘Children’s Television’? 8. The Lively Audience