附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
I: Introduction and Overview; 1 Evolution in the Family's Use of Television: An Overview; II: Uses of Television by the American Family; 2 Television Use in Families With Children; 3 Home Ecology and Children's Television Viewing in the New Media Environment; 4 Remote Control Devices and Family Viewing; 5 The VCR, Home Video Culture, and New Video Technologies; III: Attitudes Toward Television; 6 Family Attitudes Toward Television; IV: Portrayals of American Families on Television.
摘要:This second edition of a trend-setting volume provides an updated examination of the interaction between families and the most pervasive mass medium: television. Charting the dynamic developments of the American family and television over the past decade.