Children, Youth, and International Television

This book explores how television has been a significant conduit for the public consumption of changing ideas about children, childhood, and national identity, connecting relevant cultural attitudes to an analysis of children and/or childhood in international children's programming. It offers new insights into childhood and television studies and is of interest to graduate students, scholars, and professionals in television studies, childhood studies, media studies, cultural studies, popular culture studies, and American studies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 30 March 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive volume delves into the profound impact of television on the widespread acceptance of evolving notions regarding children, childhood, and national identity. Through a rigorous critical examination of programs that prominently feature children and youth in international television, the chapters establish a meaningful connection between cultural attitudes within different countries and their analysis of children and/or childhood in global children's programming. The collection explores how international children's programming, both in a global and local context, shapes and informs changing perspectives on children and childhood, encompassing notions of individual and citizen identity formation. By offering fresh insights into the field of childhood and television studies, this book will captivate the interests of graduate students, scholars, and professionals engaged in television studies, childhood studies, media studies, cultural studies, popular culture studies, and American studies.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032150734