After the Death of Childhood

Name: After the Death of Childhood
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ISBN: 9780745619330

ISBN-10: 0745619339

ISBN-13: 9780745619330

Edition: 2000

Authors: David Buckingham

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What will be the fate of childhood in the twenty-first century? Will children increasingly be living 'media childhoods', dominated by the electronic screen? Will their growing access to adult media help to abolish the distinctions between childhood and adulthood? Or will the advent of new media technologies widen the gaps between the generations still further?In this book, David Buckingham provides a lucid and accessible overview of recent changes both in childhood and in the media environment. He refutes simplistic moral panics about the negative influence of the media, and the exaggerated optimism about the 'electronic generation'. In the process, he points to the challenges that are…

Book details

List price: $31.25
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 6/22/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction



In Search of the Child






The Death of Childhood



The Electronic Generation






Changing Childhoods



Changing Media



Changing Paradigms






Children Viewing Violence



Children as Consumers



Children as Citizens


Conclusion



Children's Media Rights


Notes


References


Index