Kid Stuff: Marketing Sex and Violence to America's Children
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"The expert authors of various chapters in this collection offer evidence of how damaging this stuff can be: from Todd Gitlin's explanation of how the pace of pop culture makes it almost impossible for kids to sit still for traditional classroom lessons to Peter G. Christenson's assertion that teens use song lyrics to frame their identities."--Susan Reimer, Baltimore Sun
"Mrs. Ravitch and Mr. Viteritti, who are both affiliated with New York University, have assembled an interesting group of scholars to discuss the effects that violent media have on children... The authors remind us that caring parents are the best early warning system against teenage crime."--Martin Morse Wooster, Washington Times
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"Parents and educators too often feel that protecting children against the corrupting influences of the popular culture is futile. This incisive collection of essays offers a helpful understanding of the toxic nature of today's media and some real solutions for providing children with needed guidance. The book is the rarest, and most valuable, form of critique: it exposes an alarming condition that we have come to accept as inevitable and then shows how we can fight our way to a healthier future."--William Damon, Director, Stanford Center on Adolescence, Stanford University
Kid Stuff: Marketing Sex and Violence to America's Children
Kid Stuff: Marketing Sex and Violence to America's Children,Diane Ravitch,Joseph P. Viteritti,The Johns Hopkins University Press,0801873274,Children and violence,Children's Studies,Media Studies,Popular Culture - General,Public Policy - General,Social Science,Sociology,United States,Violence in mass media,Violence in popular culture,Vulgarity in popular culture,Education / Elementary
Kid Stuff: Marketing Sex and Violence to America's Children
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