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"Every weekday for decades, a kind man named Mister Rogers stepped through a door in his TV house, spoke directly into the camera while he changed from street clothes into a cardigan and sneakers, and sang, "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood." Offering unconditional love, this soft-spoken icon was a household name for tens of millions of children, as well as their parents who grew up with this friendly neighbor themselves. Fred Rogers (1928-2003)...
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Kommunikation Partizipation Inklusion volume Bd. 9
Pub. Date
2022
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1 online resource
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This volume gathers empirical and historical perspectives on closed captioning on German television for children who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing. It is partly based on a two-year study, SDH4KIDS, in which the following research question was addressed: Which subtitle-specific aspects have a positive impact on comprehensibility and acceptability of subtitled TV-programmes for d/Deaf and hard of hearing children aged between 8 and 12 ? The quantitative...
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My weirdtastic school volume 2
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"Lights... camera... action! A.J. and the gang have been invited to be a part of the studio audience for Funderama. It's a wacky Saturday morning kids TV show full of music, games, puppets and more. (Hooray!) The host of the show -- Uncle Fred -- sings, dances, and jokes his way into the hearts of his viewers. But what will the kids do when they learn that Uncle Fred's silly behavior has a dark side? Can Uncle Fred grow up?"--Back cover.
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2001
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1 online resource (viii, 280 pages) : illustrations
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Drawing on the diverse views of over 1,300 children in the UK between the ages of 6 and 12, 'Dear BBC' discusses key controversies in the public sphere about children's relationship with the media, especially television drama. This engaging and accessible book will appeal to a broad audience.
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[2019]
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1 online resource.
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Banet-Weiser (2004) marked the debut of Clarissa Explains it All in 1991 as a crucial turning point for recognition of girls as "important empowered subjects in the social world." The current study of tweencoms focuses on the different ways character tropes are portrayed in media targeted to 8-12 year olds, particularly female characters, over the last 25 years. The focus is limited to the cable giants Disney Channel and Nickelodeon because of their...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Sesame Street tells the history of how the American show became a global brand. The book argues that because domestic production was not financially viable from the beginning, Sesame Street became a commodity forcefully marketed all over the world. It is based on archival research in seven countries and contains detailed analyses of how local receptions and rejections related to the global sales strategies and the American ideals it built on. Contrary...
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[2019]
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1 online resource (xi, 332 pages) : illustrations
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Fred Rogers is an American cultural and media icon, whose children's television program, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, ran for more than thirty years (1967-2001) on the Public Broadcasting System. In this highly original book, communication scholar Alexandra C. Klarén shows how Rogers captured the moral, social, and emotional imaginations of multiple generations of Americans. She explores the nuanced complexity of the thought behind the man and the...
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[2014]
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2 videodiscs (294 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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It's the return of the Airbenders! Korra discovers that new Airbenders are popping up all over the Earth Kingdom. While she tries to find these Airbenders and rebuild the Air Nation, a group of dangerous criminals embark on a mission of their own.





