Editorial Reviews
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"This book is a fascinating read, and a valuable addition to the ethnographic literature about television's role in the American family. Its skillful research fills a gaping hole in our knowledge about how media use is negotiated between parents and children amongst a broad cultural spectrum of families."
-Andrea Press, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Not since David Morley's Family Television has a book taken up this topic with this kind of scope.I would not be surprised if it attained the status of a classic in the field."
-Ellen Seiter, University of California, San Diego
Book Description
Media, Home, and Family examines how parents make decisions regulating media use, and how their media practices relate to other aspects of contemporary family life. Based on more than three years of extensive ethnographic audience research, the book looks at a very broad cross-section of American families, focusing on how families negotiate a sense of identity collectively, and how the media plays a significant role in the process.
Media, Home and Family
Media, Home and Family,Stewart M. Hoover,Lynn Schofield Clark,Diane F. Alters,Routledge,0415969174,Mass media and the family,Media Studies,Performing Arts,Performing Arts/Dance,Sociology,Television - General,Television and family,Family & relationships,Social & cultural anthropology,USA
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