Answers are grounded in this paper and cite their sources.
Ethnographic study explores television's negotiation of power and socialization in families.
No one would dispute that television is an important component of many if not most American families today. Yet there has been little research that explores how television really fits into the family life of Americans. This study utilizes Careys ritual view of communication and ethnographic methods in an attempt to see television as a rather integral part of a larger spectrum of negotiated meanings within a family, in particlariy the negotiation of power relationships and the maturation of children.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Charles R. Lewis (1993) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 10 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: