Kid stuff
Subtitle: marketing sex and violence to America's children
By: edited by Diane Ravitch & Joseph P. Viteritti
Contributors: Ravitch, Diane; Viteritti, Joseph P., 1946-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Violence in popular culture -- United States; Vulgarity in popular culture -- United States; Violence in mass media -- United States; Children and violence -- United States; Youth and violence -- United States; Violence -- Psychological aspects; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Toxic lessons : children and the popular culture / Diane Ravitch & Joseph P. Viteritti; title: Teaching amid the torrent of the popular culture / Todd Gitlin; title: Socializing children in a culture of obscenity / Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn; title: The problem of exposure : violence, sex, drugs and alcohol / Stacy L. Smith & Ed Donnerstein; title: Equipment for living : how popular music fits in the lives of youth / Peter G. Christenson; title: Music at the edge : the attraction and effects of controversial music on young people / Jeffrey J. Arnett; title: Video games and aggressive behavior / Craig A. Anderson; title: Violent video games : who's at risk? / Jean B. Funk; title: The effects of cutting back on media exposure / Thomas N. Robinson; title: The contradictions of parenting in a media-age / Kay S. Hymowitz; title: The role of government in a free society / Newton Minow & Nell Minow