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Subject(s)

• Television and families—United States [Browse]
• Television viewers—United States [Browse]

Series

LEA's communication series. [More in this series]

Summary note

Living Without the Screen provides an in-depth study of those American families and individuals who opt not to watch television, exploring the reasons behind their choices, discussing their beliefs about television, and examining the current role of television in the American family. Author Marina Krcmar answers several questions in the volume: What is television? Who are those people who reject it? What are their reasons for doing so? How do they believe their lives are different because of this choice? What impact does this choice have on media research? This volume provides a cu

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Introduction and Overview; Chapter 1 Living without Television; Chapter 2 Sample and Method; Chapter 3 How Nonviewers Gave Up Television; Chapter 4 Attitudes Toward Living Without Television; Chapter 5 What is Television?; Part II Television as Content; Chapter 6 Keeping Out Televised Sex and Violence; Chapter 7 Minimizing Consumerism; Chapter 8 Politics and Civic Engagement; Part III Television as Medium; Chapter 9 Autonomous Children; Chapter 10 Time Use; Chapter 11 Encouraging Creativity
• Chapter 12 Engaging in real LifePart IV Television as Industry; Chapter 13 Choosing to be Different; Chapter 14 Battling the Industry; Chapter 15 Conclusion; References; Index

ISBN

• 1-135-59208-X
• 1-282-06480-0
• 9786612064807
• 0-203-87721-7

OCLC

437110988

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