From the 'Street' to the 'Neighborhood': A Historical Comparison and Analysis of Public Prosocial Television Edutainment Open Access
Harris, Hillary Ann (2013)
Abstract
School shootings and bullying have become systemic problems within the United States. As a possible means of reducing these issues, I will be arguing for the perpetuation and betterment of preschool children's programming on American public television as a means to aid young children in learning prosocial behaviors. After supplying childhood psychology and education research in addition to historical analyses of prior and current prosocial edutainment TV shows such as Sesame Street and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, I will then offer a prescription towards the creation of public television legislation and funding for prosocial programming for preschoolers. I will conclude with a conceptual framework of an optimal program paradigm that contains the most learning-effective formal features and narrative content that are best suited for today's diverse young American children.
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Abstract.............iv
Acknowledgements........vi
Introduction...........1
Prosocial Behaviors: What they are and why they are important......6
Why Public Television?......................................10
Public Television History........12
Education and Child Psychology Research.....19
Formal Aspects of Children's Programming......29
'Sesame Street' and the Children's Television Workshop......37
'Sesame Street' Criticisms......47
'Sesame Street' Research Findings......48
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood......50
Modern Public Television Policy, Problems, and Future Directions....59
Prosocial "Edutainment" from the 1990s until Today......64
Final Analyses, Prescription, & Conclusion.....82
References............91
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