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Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
By the late 1960s more than a few critics of American culture groused about the condition of television programming and, in particular, the quality and content of television shows for children. In the eyes of the reform-minded, commercial television crassly exploited young viewers, its violence and tastelessness served no higher purpose than the bottom line.
The Children's Television Workshop (CTW)-and its fresh approach to writing and producing...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"Glued to the Tube explores the strong influence TV has over family interaction and communication. Author and media ecologist Cheryl Pawlowski relies on numerous studies and her own research to conclude that the modern family is competing with the tube to its own detriment, and offers practical ways a family can break free of the television addiction."--Jacket.
18) Bud the Spud
Author
Publisher
Axios
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Narrates the story of a young boy, Bud, who watched so much TV that he became a couch potato, with three different endings about what happened to him as a result.