Kids' Media Culture - 9780822323716

Kids' Media CultureAuthor(s): Marsha Kinder\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822323716, 978-0822323716\nSynopsis\nTelevision shows, comic strips, video games, and other forms of media directed at children are the subject of frequent and rancorous debate. In Kids Media Culture some of the most prominent cultural theorists of childrens media join forces with exciting new voices in the field to consider the production and consumption of media aimed at children. Whats good for kids and whats merely exploitive? Are shows that attempt to level the socioeconomic playing field by educating children effective? The essays in this anthology tackle these questions and pose provocative new questions of their own. \nAs part of their argument that childrens reactions to mass media are far more complex and dynamic than previously thought, contributors examine the rise of mass media in postwar America. They explore how bd