Hoover / Clark / Alters Media, Home and Family

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-135-21624-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Based on extensive fieldwork, this book examines how parents make decisions regulating media use, and how media practices define contemporary family life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoover, Stewart M.

Clark, Lynn Schofield

Alters, Diane F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Part I: The Study
1. Introduction: Diane F. Alters and Lynn Schofield Clark
2. The Journey from Post-positivist to Constructivist Methods: Lynn Schofield Clark
3. Developing a Theory of Media, Home, and the Family: Lynn Schofield Clark and Diane F. Alters
4. The Family in U.S. History and Culture: Diane F. Alters

Part II: The Case Studies: An Introduction: Lee Hood, Lynn Schofield Clark, Joseph G. Champ and Diane F. Alters
5. Being Distinctive in a Mediated Environment: The Ahmeds and the Paytons: Lynn Schofield Clark
6. At the Heart of the Culture: The Hartmans and the Roelofs: Diane F. Alters
7. Fitting in with the Media: The Price-Benoits and the Franzes: Lee Hood
8. "Couch Potatoes" Reconsidered: The Vogels and the Carsons: Joseph G. Champ
Conclusion: The "Intentional and Sophisticated" Relationship: Diane F. Alters and Lynn Schofield Clark

Authors

Über Autor(innen)

Stewart M. Hoover is Professor and Dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Lynn Schofield Clark is Assistant Research Professor at the Center for Mass Media Research in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Diane F. Alters is a doctoral student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Lee Hood is Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication. They are all at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Joseph G. Champ is a Full-time Instructor in the Department of Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at Colorado State University.