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"Defective childhoods" : television news and the social construction of the 'child in need', Sarah M. Gonzales
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- Summary
- The modern media, particularly television news, produces and airs news reports and special programs presenting social justice and human rights stories. Some of these news reports feature children with identified emotional, financial, or other needs. Due to television news' pervasiveness and influence in American society, the media entities which create the news have significant power to shape Americans' understandings and beliefs on children's lives, rights, and needs. In this thesis, I ask: how does the media, through television news programs, maintain a specific discursive construction of 'children in need.' I have conducted a qualitative content analysis based on transcripts from the national television programs NBC Dateline, ABC Nightline, ABC 20/20, and CBS 60 Minutes between 2007 and 2012, looking at episodes featuring groups of children in some identified need. I examine the ways in which these television programs present certain childhoods as problematic. My findings indicate that the news' collective construction of 'children in need' portrays them as hidden from the rest of America, as courageous dreamers, and as living abnormal lives. Furthermore, I compare and contrast the news programs' representation to the Progressive era child-saving movement, revealing that the modern media's broadcasts on 'children in need' disfavor lower class populations. Ultimately, I argue that the news media serves the function of deeming certain childhoods as less than ideal, or 'defective,' which therefore marks them as deviant from what is considered a universal proper childhood
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (75 pages)
- Note
-
- "A thesis in Sociology."
- Advisor: Marc Garcelon
- Vita
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Literature review
- Methods
- Findings
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Label
- "Defective childhoods" : television news and the social construction of the 'child in need'
- Title
- "Defective childhoods"
- Title remainder
- television news and the social construction of the 'child in need'
- Statement of responsibility
- Sarah M. Gonzales
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The modern media, particularly television news, produces and airs news reports and special programs presenting social justice and human rights stories. Some of these news reports feature children with identified emotional, financial, or other needs. Due to television news' pervasiveness and influence in American society, the media entities which create the news have significant power to shape Americans' understandings and beliefs on children's lives, rights, and needs. In this thesis, I ask: how does the media, through television news programs, maintain a specific discursive construction of 'children in need.' I have conducted a qualitative content analysis based on transcripts from the national television programs NBC Dateline, ABC Nightline, ABC 20/20, and CBS 60 Minutes between 2007 and 2012, looking at episodes featuring groups of children in some identified need. I examine the ways in which these television programs present certain childhoods as problematic. My findings indicate that the news' collective construction of 'children in need' portrays them as hidden from the rest of America, as courageous dreamers, and as living abnormal lives. Furthermore, I compare and contrast the news programs' representation to the Progressive era child-saving movement, revealing that the modern media's broadcasts on 'children in need' disfavor lower class populations. Ultimately, I argue that the news media serves the function of deeming certain childhoods as less than ideal, or 'defective,' which therefore marks them as deviant from what is considered a universal proper childhood
- Cataloging source
- UMK
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1987-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gonzales, Sarah M.
- Degree
- M.A. (Dept. of Sociology).
- Dissertation year
- 2013.
- Granting institution
- University of Missouri-Kansas City,
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- theses
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Garcelon, Marc
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Children
- Television broadcasting of news
- Mass media and public opinion
- Label
- "Defective childhoods" : television news and the social construction of the 'child in need', Sarah M. Gonzales
- Note
-
- "A thesis in Sociology."
- Advisor: Marc Garcelon
- Vita
- Antecedent source
- not applicable
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-65)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Literature review -- Methods -- Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Appendix
- Control code
- 858872665
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (75 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
- mixed
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)858872665
- System details
-
- The full text of the thesis is available as an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file; Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view the file
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Label
- "Defective childhoods" : television news and the social construction of the 'child in need', Sarah M. Gonzales
- Note
-
- "A thesis in Sociology."
- Advisor: Marc Garcelon
- Vita
- Antecedent source
- not applicable
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-65)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Literature review -- Methods -- Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Appendix
- Control code
- 858872665
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (75 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
- mixed
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)858872665
- System details
-
- The full text of the thesis is available as an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file; Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view the file
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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