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ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davies, Marie Messenger / Messenger Davies, Maire / Davies, M. Ire Messenger, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Based on a study examining ong>theong> meaning of ong>theong> term "media literacy" in children, this volume concentrates on audiovisual narratives of television ong>andong> film ong>andong> ong>theong>ir effects. It closely examines children's concepts of real ong>andong> unreal ong>andong> how ong>theong>y learn to make distinctions between ong>theong> two. It also explores ong>theong> idea that children are ong>prong>otected from ong>theong> harmful effects of violence on television by ong>theong> knowledge that what ong>theong>y see is not real. This volume is unique in its use of children's own words to explore ong>theong>ir awareness of ong>theong> submerged conventions of television genres, of ong>theong>ir functions ong>andong> effects, of ong>theong>ir relationship to ong>theong> real world, ong>andong> of how this awareness varies with age ong>andong> oong>theong>r factors. Based on detailed questionnaire data ong>andong> conversations with 6 to 11-year-old children, carried out with ong>theong> support of a fellowship at ong>theong> Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, ong>theong> book eloquently demonstrates how children use ong>theong>ir knowledge of real life, of literature, ong>andong> of art, in intelligently evaluating ong>theong> relationship between television's formats, ong>andong> ong>theong> real world in which ong>theong>y live.