TELEVISION RESOURCES

 

ORGANIZATIONS & WEBSITES

Black Entertainment Network Online

Cable in the Classroom

 
Offers resources to educators and others to use TV in educating today's youth.

Center for Parent and Youth Understanding 
Understanding today's youth culture

Channel One

Daily news broadcast funneled into middle schools and high schools all across the US. 

MTV Online

 
The site for music culture

Much Music

 
The Canadian MTV

Parents Television Council 
Their mission is "to bring America's demand for values-driven television programming to the entertainment industry."  

TV Turnoff Network

 
Encourages children and adults to watch less television in order promote healthier lives and communities.

 

VH1

 
Music reviews, clips, information on artists.

 

ARTICLES

 

D., Childers, K.W., & Waszak, C.S. (1990). "Television and adolescent sexuality. " Journal of Adolescent Health Care, 11, 62-70.

 

 

Franzblau, S., Sparfkin, J.N., & Rubinstein, E.A. (1977). "Sex on TV: A content analysis." Journal of Communication, 27, 164-170.

 

Greenberg, B.S., Ableman, R., & Neuendorf, K. (1981). "Sex on the soap operas: Afternoon delight." Journal of Communication, 31, 83-89.

 

Klein, M. (1983). "Teens, sexuality and prime time entertainment." Children’s Television, 6, 19-24.

 

 

Roberts, E. (1983). "Teens, sexuality and sex: Our mixed messages." Children’s Television, 6, 9-12.

 

Sapolsky, B.S. & Tabarlet, J.O. (1991). "Sex in primetime television: 1979 versus 1989." Journal of Broadcast Electronic Media, 35, 505-516.

 

Sherman, B. & Dominick, J. (1986). "Violence and sex in music videos: TV and rock n roll." Journal of Communication, 36, 79-93.

 

Silverman, L.T., Sprafkin, J.N., & Rubinstein, E.A. (1979). "Physical contact and sexual behavior on prime time TV." Journal of Communication, 29, 33-43.

 

Sprafkin, J.N. & Silverman, L.T. (1981). "Update: Physically intimate and sexual behavior on prime time tv, 1978-1979." Journal of Communication, 31, 34-40.

 

BOOKS

 

Denisoff, S.R. (1990). Inside MTV. Transaction Publications.

 

Ekstrom. (ed.). (1992). Media and culture. Don Bosco Multimedia.

 

Goodwin, A. (1992). Dancing in the distraction factory: Music television and popular culture. University of Minnesota Press.

 

Lull, J. (1992). Popular music and communication. Sage.

 

Pomeroy, D. (1990). Video violence and values: A guide to the use of video. Friendship Press.

 

Schrag, R.L. (1990). Taming the wild tube: A family’s guide to television and video. London & Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. Media professor and father of two children encourages discrimination in program choices, provides reviews and critiques and suggests ways to change the industry.

 

Schultze, et al. (1991). Dancing in the dark: Youth pop culture and the electronic media. Eerdmans. Raises challenging questions and suggestions for a philosophy of pop art and culture. See Chapters 3,4,9 on television.