Table of Contents

Contents: P. Lawrence, Foreword. Preface. T. Charlton, B. Gunter, Background of the Research Project. A.H. Schulenburg, "They Are as if a Family": Community and Informal Social Controls on St. Helena. B. Gunter, The Nature of Television Output. A. Hannan, The Impact of Television on Children's Leisure. B. Gunter, C. Panting, T. Charlton, D. Coles, Relationships Between Children's Viewing Patterns and Social Behavior. T. Charlton, R. Davie, B. Gunter, C. Thomas, Children's Social Behavior Before and After the Availability of Broadcast Television: Findings From Three Studies in a Naturalistic Setting. B. Gunter, T. Charlton, D. Charlton, Where Next?

About the Author

Charlton, Tony; Gunter, Barrie; Hannan, Andrew

Reviews

"...this provacative, naturalistic study by a multidisciplinary trio of British scholars seriously challenges the prevailing American dogma....Broadcast Television offers compelling documentation for this conditional percept that has the potential to mitigate television's culpability by arguing that the atmosphere of an uncoordinated neighborhood watch on the island tempered the lure to indulge in antisocial acts."
—Journal of Communication