This volume begins with a look at children's experiences with the mass media to ground the book in personal relationships to the mass media. To understand the experiences, the book examines the children at various developmental ages and across generations. It looks at the variety of effects that can operate due to children's perceptions at different ages including fear, aggression and sexuality. Theoretical perspectives coupled with research on effects explain and predict how the communication process may occur. Cultivation theorists, for example, look at the message with their yearly content...