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Peer reviewedBuckingham, David – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1999
Discusses the "Teletubbies" television show's appeal to older children and to adults. Suggests that the debate that has been generated around it raise significant questions about the relations between childhood and adulthood and about the nature of literacy in media-saturated societies. (RS)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Television, Literacy, Mass Media Role
