Creating Preschool Television - A Story of Commerce, Creativity and Curriculum

Informationen zum Autor JEANETTE STEEMERS is Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Westminster, UK. Her previous publications include Selling Television: British Television in the Global Marketplace (2004); European Television Industries (2005, with P. Iosifidis and M. Wheeler); and  Changing Channels: The Prospects for Television in a Digital World (ed., 1998). Klappentext Small children are regularly captivated by programmes made especially for them - ranging from classics like Sesame Street to more recent arrivals such as Blues Clues and Teletubbies . This book examines the industry interests behind preschool television, and how commercial, creative and curricular priorities shape and inform what is produced. Zusammenfassung Small children are regularly captivated by programmes made especially for them – ranging from classics like Sesame Street to more recent arrivals such as Blues Clues and Teletubbies . This book examines the industry interests behind preschool television, and how commercial, creative and curricular priorities shape and inform what is produced. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Understanding Preschool Television as a Production Ecology Safe at Home: The Origins of Preschool Television as a Public Service Project  Growing Up: The Rise of the Global Market in Preschool Programming Broadcaster Perspectives on Preschool Production Players in Rights Management and Production Production Preliminaries - Development and Research Production Checklists, Rules and Assumptions In Production Spinning Off Profits: Ancillary Exploitation and the Power of Retail  Policy Interventions and the Crisis in Children's Television (co-written with Alessandro D'Arma) The Bigger Picture: Preschool Television in its Critical and Aesthetic Contexts (co-written with James Walters) Conclusions and Future Outlook Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: J Steemers, J. Steemers, Jeanette Steemers, Steemers Jeanette
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.02.2010
• EAN: 9780230574403
• ISBN: 978-0-230-57440-3
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; B, Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Communication, Family, Social groups, Sociology: family & relationships, Media and Communication, Media Research, Industries, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Youth Culture, Media Sociology, Age groups: adolescents, Youth—Social life and customs, Industry & industrial studies, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Film and Television Studies, Screen Studies, Motion pictures and television, children;intervention;television