From the 'Street' to the 'Neighborhood': A Historical Comparison and Analysis of Public Prosocial Television Edutainment Público

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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Table of Contents

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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School	Emory College
Department	Film Studies
Degree	BA
Submission	Honors Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Psychology, Developmental Education, Early Childhood Mass Communications
Palavra-chave	Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood PBS television education Sesame Street preschool education Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Children's Television Act prosocial education perceptually salient features
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Aidman, Amy, Emory University
Committee Members	Brennan, Patricia, Emory University Oeler, Karla, Emory University

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