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Children Talking Television; The Making of Television Literacy »

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Authors: David Buckingham
ISBN-13: 9780750701105, ISBN-10: 0750701102
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: March 1993
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: David Buckingham

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Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
Transcription Conventions
List of Tables
Introduction
1Children and Television: The Context of Research and Debate3
2Rethinking Television Literacy20
Introduction: Making Sense of Television Talk39
3What are Words Worth?: Interpreting Children's Talk about Television42
4Talking about Television: Relations, Subjects and Contents60
5Family Viewing: Text and Context102
Introduction: Elements of Television Literacy131
6Sorting Out TV: Categorization and Genre135
7(Re)telling Stories: Versions of Narrative156
8The Self and Others: Reading Television People184
9Beyond the Magic Window: Children's Judgments of the Reality of Television217
10Hidden Persuaders?: Advertising, Resistance and Pleasure242
11Television, the Audience and the Academy: The Politics and Practice of Audience Research265
12Television, Language and Learning: Implications for Media Education281
References298
Index315

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