| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 280 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Reconstructing childhood; The public sphere; Constructing and disappearing childhood; Reflexivity in research; The study procedure and sample; The sample of children; Part I Broadcasting institutions and childhood; 1 Children and broadcasting in the 1990s; 2 The importance of television storytelling; 3 Changing childhood; 4 'Dear BBC': children's relationship with broadcasters -- the consumer child; Part II The social functions of broadcasting; 5 The Reithian agenda: setting good examples; 6 Censorship. |
| Summary |
Drawing on the diverse views of over 1,300 children in the UK between the ages of 6 and 12, 'Dear BBC' discusses key controversies in the public sphere about children's relationship with the media, especially television drama. This engaging and accessible book will appeal to a broad audience. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Children's television programs -- Great Britain.
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Children's television programs. |
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Great Britain. |
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Television and children -- Great Britain.
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Television and children. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Davies, Máire Messenger. "Dear BBC". Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 (DLC) 00067490 |
| ISBN |
051101810X (electronic book) |
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9780511018107 (electronic book) |
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0511050151 (electronic book) |
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9780511050152 (electronic book) |
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9780511482083 (electronic book) |
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0511482086 (electronic book) |
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0511154534 |
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9780511154539 |
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9780521780773 |
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9780521785600 |
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052178560X |
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0521780772 |
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