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Synopsis
The debate about the influence of the media simmers persistently and flares every time young people act violently. Here is new research to show that children are not passive dupes of an all-powerful media. But can resist, mock and reinterpret the images and narratives of film. Joseph Tobin shows how children make sense of media representations of violence and of race, sex and class. His research is informed by critical theory, post structuralism and performance theory and he brings us the voices of his subjects: young children who are wise, funny and creative. He demolishes the notion of children as in thrall to the messages of the media by showing how they interpret the messages of film and television in terms of their local circumstances and their own experiences.
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Review
"This work effectively answers those who argue for simplistic causal connections between children's media exposure and acts of violence and breaks new ground in the study of children's responses to media." (Michael O'Loughlin Hofstra University)
"Joseph Tobin explodes popular conception that children are passive dupes of an all-powerful media. He shows the ways in which children can resist, parody and appropriate the images and narratives of film, using local experiences to interpret global texts." (Thomas Newkirk University of New Hampshire)
"Tobin offers a provocative challenge to conventional views about the effects of the media on children. This is an engaging, thought-provoking study that should be read by all those with an interest in contemporary children's culture." (David Buckingham University of London)
About the Author
Joseph Tobin is a professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa.
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- PublisherTrentham Books Ltd
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1858562015
- ISBN 13 9781858562018
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages167
- EditorDrake Pat, Owen Patricia
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