Television & America's children, a crisis of neglect, Edward L. Palmer
Type
Label
Television & America's children, a crisis of neglect, Edward L. Palmer
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Bibliography: p. 171-189
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Television & America's children
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
17676517
Responsibility statement
Edward L. Palmer
Series statement
Communication and society
Sub title
a crisis of neglect
Table Of Contents
[Chapter one] : Our crisis in children's television, our deficiencies in children's education. Our best, our worst, and our crisis of neglect ; The need in education, the opportunity in television ; Fine educational gems : their astonishing cost advantage -- [Chapter two] : Commercial television : how and why it fails children. How and why advertiser-supported television fails children ; Differing national traditions, visions, values ; The public desire and commercial television : our weak quid pro quo -- [Chapter three] : The FCC : the view from beneath the sand. When children's rights and an industry's profit objectives collide ; While Congress stalls, the hot potato cools ; Lessons from abroad ; Why should public TV take commercial TV off the hook? -- [Chapter four] : Public television : a tug-of-war for scarce funds. The need to focus out-of-school children's programs mainly on education ; The need to fund children's out-of-school education programs independently ; Public television's slow and tenuous growth ; Public televisions's rootedness in localism ; What is needed for children ; Why public television can't afford it ; What public television can do to help ; Meeting the unmet balance -- [Chapter five] : The Prix Jeunesse and a worldwide vision of quality. Quality defined as meeting children's diverse real needs ; A selection of prize-winning programs ; Books and television : their co-existence in children's lives ; The special nature and place of programs geared to children -- [Chapter six] : Sesame Street and the CTW vision of quality. Sesame Street : the right idea at the right time ; Sesame Street's accomplishments ; Reaching the audience ; Evaluating the contribution of Sesame Street ; The CTW workstyle and aims ; The origins of CTW's home-and-school hybrid ; The longest street in the world ; The CTW model ; The future and CTW's home-and-school hybrid -- [Chapter seven] : Conclusions. The shape and cost of a minimal schedule ; Perspective on television's cost and efficiency ; The limited prospects from within commercial and public television -- Current funding sources and our funding shortfall ; Only by a special exception will a fair share for children be forthcoming ; Toward a national policy on television in education
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- Télévision publique
- Public television -- United States
- History
- Public television
- Children's television programs -- United States -- History
- Educatieve televisie
- Children's television programs
- USA
- Programas de televisión -- Estados Unidos -- HISTORIA
- United States + Children's television programmes
- Télévision + Émissions pour enfants
- United States
- Children's Television Workshop
- Kinderen
- Fernsehen
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- Classification5
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject16
- Kind
- Télévision publique
- Public television -- United States
- History
- Public television
- Children's television programs -- United States -- History
- Educatieve televisie
- Children's television programs
- USA
- Programas de televisión -- Estados Unidos -- HISTORIA
- United States + Children's television programmes
- Télévision + Émissions pour enfants
- United States
- Children's Television Workshop
- Kinderen
- Fernsehen
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- Other version1
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