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Kid Stuff: Marketing Sex and Violence to America's Children (Hardcover)

~ Diane Ravitch (Editor), Joseph P. Viteritti (Editor) "Raising children has never been more difficult in the United States than it is today..." (more)
Key Phrases: proviolence attitudes, toy purchase requests, transgressive music, New York, United States, Kaiser Family Foundation (more...)

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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

"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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American children spend a substantial part of their lives watching television and movies, playing video games, and listening to music containing explicit sex and violence. From Doom and Grand Theft Auto III to Eminem and Marilyn Manson, a strain of the popular culture has become increasingly toxic. One of the most pressing--and controversial--issues facing parents and educators in America today is understanding how exposure to these media affects the social and psychological development and behavior of children and teenagers.

In Kid Stuff, Diane Ravitch and Joseph P. Viteritti bring together experts in media studies, child psychology, and public health to assess the dangers posed by "tox pop" to American society. Drawing on thirty years of research, the contributors find convincing evidence that such "entertainment" can harm children and teenagers, despite the self-serving denials of the media industry. Balancing their concerns for the welfare of children with respect for the First Amendment, Kid Stuff furthers the ongoing dialogue about how a democratic society can protect its children from the pernicious extremes of popular media.

Contributors: Craig A. Anderson, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Peter G. Christenson, Edward Donnerstein, Jeanne B. Funk, Todd Gitlin, Kay S. Hymowitz, Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, Nell Minow, Newton Minow, Thomas N. Robinson, Stacy L. Smith

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Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; illustrated edition edition (April 16, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801873274
ISBN-13: 978-0801873270
Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
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proviolence attitudes, toy purchase requests, transgressive music, transgressive appeal, playing violent video games, video game use, aggressive cognition, nonviolent games, heavy metal songs, media violence, cognitive scripts, reducing media, aggressive affect, video game violence, violent media, rap videos, heavy metal fans, violent content

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New York, United States, Kaiser Family Foundation, First Amendment, Journal of Communication, African American, Menlo Park, Developmental Psychology, Rowell Huesmann, Communication Research, Federal Trade Commission, American Psychological Association, Mortal Kombat, Thousand Oaks, American Academy of Pediatrics, Donald Roberts, Electronic Games, General Aggression Model, Journal of the American Medical Association, Mollyann Brodie, New Millennium, Peter Christenson, Reducing Children's Television Viewing, Todd Gitlin, Dolph Zillman

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Handbook of Children and the Media by Professor Dorothy G. Singer on 5 pages
Popular Music (Media Focus) by Roger Thomas on page 120, page 123, and page 235
Popular Music and Communication (SAGE Focus Editions) by Dr. James Lull on page 120, and page 121
Developmental Psychology (Longman Essential Psychology Series) by Peter Elwood Bryant on page 91, and page 93
Metalheads: Heavy Metal Music And Adolescent Alienation by Jeffrey Arnett in Front Matter, and page 142

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5.0 out of 5 stars Even-handed, powerful essays on violence, obscenity in US, January 16, 2004

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The editors, Diane Ravitch and Joseph Viteritti, have gathered together a number of scholars from the humanities and social sciences to consider the question, "Is our popular culture toxic?" Also, "Is it toxic merely to children or adolescents?" These scholars are even-handed in their answers to these questions; critics will not be able to dismiss them with the kind of labels heard on Fox News. Each has assembled existing data and impressions, and has answered questions such as, "What is it like to teach amid the torrent of popular culture?" and "How can one socialize children in a culture of obscenity?" "How much exposure to violence, sex, drugs, and alcohol constitutes a problem?" "What are the lasting effects of controversial music?"

I am a great fan of Diane Ravitch and Joseph Viteritti, based on their previous books, and their edited books. This one is my favorite.

The writers are fluent with their data, so the academic part is easy to read. More important, however, is that the writers describe "what it is like" (the "phenomenology" in academic language) to swim in this sea of obscene popular culture. This makes me think that they have touched the lives of children, and have examined their own experiences in our culture. Finally, even though their findings are largely that the culture has changed for the worse, they are not hysterical. Their recommendations reflect an appropriate course (or set of courses) to take, for lawmakers, educators, parents, guardians, and, yes, even the purveyors of this media blitz of violence and sex. Since nobody has their hands clean, it is good to read these writers.

One part I loved was the author who asked makers of pornography whether they would want their children exposed to it. Their answers reflect a moral compartmentalization, because they make their living from what is so popular and desensitizing, and yet are very ambivalent about having their children see pornography--it is the way the world "is," but not the way they might like their children "see" it.

Great book. This will help frame public dialogue about porn, violence, drugs, and the pond we all have to swim in--the degraded public discourse in our common lives.

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