Literacy in the Television Age: The Myth of the TV Effect

by Susan B. Neuman

Book Overview

Television represents a potent social influence for today's children. Whether it is a positive or negative force, however, continues to be hotly debated. This is the central issue of this second edition. Has television contributed to a decline in literacy skills? Are the charges justified by existing evidence or by the results of current experimentation? Are there certain cultural biases toward television that narrowly define its uses as a learning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567501613
• ISBN13: 9781567501612
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"