Comstock explores the effects of television viewing on children's daily experience, scholastic achievement, belief and perception formation, consumer behavior,

Big World, Small Screen assesses the influence of television on the lives of the most vulnerable and powerless in American society: children, ethnic and sexual

This volume explores how television has been a significant conduit for the changing ideas about children and childhood in the United States. Each chapter connec

This second edition of a trend-setting volume provides an updated examination of the interaction between families and the most pervasive mass medium: television

This fascinating volume, written by one of the founders of the Children's Television Workshop, explores the reasons behind the deplorable state of U.S. children