1st Edition

Living Without the Screen Causes and Consequences of Life without Television

242 Pages

by Routledge

242 Pages

by Routledge

248 Pages

by Routledge

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Description

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... Read more

Table of Contents

Chapter Page

Acknowledgements

Preface

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 Life

Part IV: Television as Industry

Chapter 13 Choosing to Be Different

Chapter 14 Battling the Industry

Chapter 15 Conclusion

Author(s)

Biography

Marina Krcmar is an Associate Professor in the Communication Department of Wake Forest University. Her research focuses on children, adolescents, and the media, and her most recent research has examined the effect of violent video games on adolescents and the role of media consumption in adolescent risk-taking.