REMOTE CONTROL:
A Sensible Approach to Kids, TV, and the New Electronic Media
By:
Leonard A. Jason
Libby Kennedy Hanaway
Childhood in America is shifting uncomfortably before our eyes
and television and the electronic media have become major factors in our
children's lives. As an individual deeply concerned about the changing
nature of childhood, Dr. Leonard A. Jason has brought his considerable expertise
to this exploration of the effects, good and bad, of TV and the electronic
media and the way adults can manage this new environment in which our children
are immersed.
Designed for parents, educators, and other concerned individuals,
Remote Control: A Sensible Approach to Kids, TV, and the New Electronic
Media will help families understand and, if necessary, reduce the role
that television, video, and computer activities play in the lives of children.
At the heart of Remote Control is the belief that kids need
more opportunities to simply be kids. Television is not all bad, but
childhood is too short and fleeting to be spent solely learning its charms.
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"Television can be fun, educational and informative. Jason and Hanaway
show parents how to use television to your family's advantage."
*Dorothy
Swanson, President and Founder, Viewers for Quality
Television
"Remote Control is a highly readable, expertly researched book that is a
true guide for understanding television's role in affecting children's
development. It is a book all parents will find immensely valuable,
learning not just what is right and wrong about television but what they
can do about it in realistic and practical terms."
*Robert E. Gould,
MD, President of the National Coalition on Television
Violence; Professor of Psychiatry, New York Medical College
"An excellent resource for both parents and educators... the best I've read!
I'm especially glad to see attention given to the advertising issue. I'm
coming to believe that commercial content and all that it teaches children
(and their parents) may be the most harmful material on TV. This is
a great treatment of complex issues. It gives parents a wealth of practical
ideas that can help them use television for positive ends."
*Brian Wilcox PhD,
Director: Center on Children, Families and the Law, University of
Nebraska
"Parents who read and worry endlessly about what their kids see on TV, how
much TV they watch, how it all affects them and what to do about it will
find this an extremely valuable book. Public policy on children's
television is important, but never more than the power of a parent to set
a good example. This book explains what parents need and want to know
not only about television, but about the coming river of digital information
- from video games to advertising pitches - roaring toward your children.
Read it and be the wiser."
*Craig L. LaMay, Medill
School of Journalism, Northwestern University; Coauthor of Abandoned in
the Wasteland
"Remote Control provides sensible commentary and advice for television viewers,
particularly for parents."
*Paul Simon, Former US Senator;
Director of the Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University
"If there is one book parents should read about the influence television
has on youth and what they can do about it, it's Remote Control. Len
Jason and his co-author, Libby Kennedy Hanaway, combine science with common
sense in a highly readable, informative, and entertaining book. Their
suggestions for managing viewing, if followed, will save readers the cost
of a 'V' chip."
*Thomas P. Gullotta, MA, MSW,
LCSW, CEO: Child & Family Agency of Southeastern CT, New London;
Editor of Journal of Primary Prevention and Issues in Children's & Families
Lives
"This is an outstanding guide for parents, teachers, and public policy
specialists who are concerned about the impact of TV. All major issues
relating to children's television have been given extensive and thoughtful
coverage. Remote Control is essential reading for children's
advocates."
*John P. Murray,
PhD, Professor and Director of the School of Family Studies
and Human Services, Kansas State University