Media, Knowledge and Power

ISBN-13: 9780415058742 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 496 str.

Oliver Boyd-Barrett;Peter Braham;Oliver Boyd-Barrett

Opis

These readings reflect the current interest in the possible effects that communications media may have upon children's studies and cognition, and upon how children are likely to respond to education and educational media.

Spis treści

1: Communications Across the World; 1: Introduction; 1.1: Many Voices, One World; 1.2: Human Communication and its History; 2: Communications and Social Power; 2: Introduction; 2.1: The Study of the Media: Theoretical Approaches; 2.2: Processes of Media Effects; 2.3: Down to Cases; 2.4: The Glasgow Dustcart Drivers' Strike; 2.5: Semiological Analysis; 2.6: Canada: Nation-building Threatened by the US-Dominated Media; 2.7: The Infrastructure of the ‘Information Society'; 3: Media ‘Forms' and Their Effects; 3: Introduction; 3.1: A Schema for the Study of Graphic Language; 3.2: Learning through Experience and Learning through Media; 3.3: The Use of Visual Media in the Service of Enriching Mental Thought Processes; 3.4: The Forms of Television: Effects on Children's Attention Comprehension and social Behavior; 4: Media Education; 4: Introduction; 4.1: Socialization and Television; 4.2: Improving the Educational Effectiveness of Television Case-Studies and Documentaries; 4.3: Computers and Writing; 4.4: Computer Models in the Teaching a of Biology; 4.5: Software through Prestel: the Case of Inverkeithing High School; 4.6: Television, Film and Media Education; 5: Information, Dissemination and Innovation; 5: Introduction; 5.1: Trends and Issues in Information Science – a General Survey; 5.2: Scientific Communication: Five Sociological Themes; 5.3: The Supply and Demand for Information about Education; 5.4: Artistry and Teaching: The Teacher as Focus of Research and Development; 5.5: The Rhetoric of School-Centred Innovation

O autorze

Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Peter Braham