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Dance Competition Culture and Commercial Dance: Intertwined Aesthetics, Values, and Practices
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Schupp, Karen – Journal of Dance Education, 2019
In the United States dance competition culture and commercial dance are both highly visible. Although connections between the two distinct dance worlds are implicitly present, they remain largely unexamined. To begin a conversation about how commercial dance and dance competition culture relate and their influence on dance education, this article…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Dance, Competition, Aesthetics
Young Children Talk about Their Popular Cartoon and TV Heroes' Speech Styles: Media Reception and Language Attitudes
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Stamou, Anastasia G.; Maroniti, Katerina; Griva, Eleni – Language Awareness, 2015
Considering the role of popular cultural texts in shaping sociolinguistic reality, it makes sense to explore how children actually receive those texts and what conceptualisations of sociolinguistic diversity they form through those texts. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine Greek young children's views on sociolinguistic…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Cartoons, Television Viewing, Speech Communication
The Standardized Childhood.
Johnson, Christopher – Today's Education, 1981
Mass media, including television and advertising, has created a popular culture in which adolescents and children are taught the need to gain material gratification and group membership through a superficial attempt at fitting themselves into a preconceived mold. Those who fall short of the effort develop feelings of inferiority and may become…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Children, Group Membership
Effects of "The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" on Children's Aggression with Peers.
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Boyatzis, Chris J.; And Others – Child Study Journal, 1995
Investigated effects of "The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" on aggression. Found that children in a group exposed to a televised Power Rangers episode committed seven times more aggressive acts in a subsequent two-minute play period than did a control group, boys moreso than girls. Results corroborate the causal link between television…
Descriptors: Aggression, Children, Influences, Mass Media Effects
Parents, Kids and TV.
Gaffney, Maureen, Ed. – Young Viewers Magazine, 1983
Three articles offer parents suggestions on how to make television a positive experience for their children. An editorial introduces the following themes basic to all the articles: type and amount of television viewing should be regulated by parents, parents should discuss television with their children, and parents must become aware of the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Concept Formation
Television and Human Behavior.
Comstock, George; And Others – 1978
To compile a comprehensive review of English language scientific literature regarding the effects of television on human behavior, the authors of this book evaluated more than 2,500 books, articles, reports, and other documents. Rather than taking a traditional approach, the authors followed a new model for the retrieval and synthesis of…
Descriptors: Advertising, Audiences, Behavior Patterns, Children
Kinderculture: The Corporate Construction of Childhood. The Edge: Critical Studies in Educational Theory.
Steinberg, Shirley R., Ed.; Kincheloe, Joe L., Ed. – 1998
Changing economic realities, coupled with children's access to information about the adult world, have drastically changed the social construction of childhood. Noting that education takes place in a variety of social sites including but not limited to school, this book examines the influence of commercial concerns on this cultural pedagogy and…
Descriptors: Advertising, Business, Change Strategies, Child Rearing