TV or No TV? A Primer on the Psychology of

This primer of research on how television affects children and families is organized around the perceptions and insights of four ordinary families who are raising their children without any television in their homes. Readers will learn about the methods and findings of over 40 years of research on TV and, in the process, may change the way they look at television forever.

Faye Steuer is a professor of psychology at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC.

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Time and Television	p. 15
The Content of Television	p. 29
The Question of Addiction	p. 41
Television and Thinking	p. 51
Reading and Watching	p. 67
Progeny and Profits	p. 79
Summary and Discussion: Inner Resources	p. 91
Drawbacks and Benefits of Living Without Television	p. 103
References	p. 113
Author Index	p. 125
Subject Index	p. 129
About the Authors	p. 133
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