ISBN: 9780737747645

The entertainment industry is a powerful influencer on all of us, especially children. This collection of essays presents even-sided debates on four main topics relating to children and t… More...

The entertainment industry is a powerful influencer on all of us, especially children. This collection of essays presents even-sided debates on four main topics relating to children and the entertainment industry. Readers will evaluate the messages that are directed at them. They will analyze how the entertainment industry engages children. They will evaluate if children in the entertainment industry are exploited. They will also consider the role that parents should play in their children's careers within the industry. Sources include PRNewswire, Ya-Lun Tsao, Judith Newman, and Rebecca Ascher-Walsh. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Parenting>Fam Rel-Parenting>Fam Rel-Parenting, Greenhaven Publishing LLC Core >1<

ISBN: 9780737747645

Paperback, [PU: Cengage Gale], "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model...not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating read… More...

Paperback, [PU: Cengage Gale], "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model...not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections---by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens---include complete, articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations...all up to date and fully documented. The editing is intelligent and unobtrusive, organizing the material around substantive issues within the general debate. Brief introduction to each section and to each reading focus the questions raised and offer no slick answers.", Non-Fiction<