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An investigation into children's own perspectives on what they find frightening, moving and upsetting on television. The author examines their responses, looks at how they learn to cope with their feelings about such material, and shows how their parents help or hinder them in doing so.

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Child's play? - beyond moral panics; emotions and "effects" - reading children's and parent's talk; distress and delight - children's experience of horror; having a good cry - the ambiguous pleasures of melodrama; facing facts - the emotional politics of news; feels so real - on the boundaries between fact and fiction; screening responses - control and regulation in the home; conclusion.

Moving Images Understanding Childrens Emotional

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 1/18/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719045967, 978-0719045967
      ISBN10: 0719045967

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An investigation into children's own perspectives on what they find frightening, moving and upsetting on television. The author examines their responses, looks at how they learn to cope with their feelings about such material, and shows how their parents help or hinder them in doing so.

      Table of Contents
      Child's play? - beyond moral panics; emotions and "effects" - reading children's and parent's talk; distress and delight - children's experience of horror; having a good cry - the ambiguous pleasures of melodrama; facing facts - the emotional politics of news; feels so real - on the boundaries between fact and fiction; screening responses - control and regulation in the home; conclusion.

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