This book, based on a PhD study by a media education specialist ‘blew my mind’. I think that, in future, it is likely to become a seminal text.
Cary’s attitude to the children and media is extremely refreshing. She challenges the idea that ‘movie watching’ is ‘passive’. She studied her twin grandchildren’s use of media from 22 – 42 months. They are Connie and Alfie and Cary refers to observations of each child throughout the book. She suggests that the children ‘focus intently’ rather than being ‘passive’. Viewing commonly referred to as ‘obsessive’, she reframes as ‘studying and working out what is happening’.
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