"Time for Teletubbies": Childhood, Child Participation, and the Struggle for Meaning
The children's television program Teletubbies and its concomitant controversies are analyzed along with the media attention surrounding the program. A textual analysis is presented, including the methodologies of narrative theory, semiotics/structuralism, and poststructuralism. The context is a...
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ndltd-unt.edu-info-ark-67531-metadc42272017-03-17T08:35:58Z "Time for Teletubbies": Childhood, Child Participation, and the Struggle for Meaning Cowart, Agatha Teletubbies (Television program) Television and children. Teletubbies childhood television The children's television program Teletubbies and its concomitant controversies are analyzed along with the media attention surrounding the program. A textual analysis is presented, including the methodologies of narrative theory, semiotics/structuralism, and poststructuralism. The context is also analyzed, using a cultural studies and historical reception approach, in order to chronicle and analyze the show's controversies and elucidate how these arguments have affected reception and interpretation of the show. Following textual and contextual analysis, a social science approach is utilized, reviewing literature and research that supports or refutes the arguments at hand. Finally, the results of a qualitative, ethnographical study are presented in order to include the child's perspectives on the show and inform the larger, cultural issues of childhood. University of North Texas Sauls, Samuel J. Jacobson, Arminta Benshoff, Harry 2003-05 Thesis or Dissertation Text oclc: 53163773 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4227/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc4227 English Public Copyright Cowart, Agatha Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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The children's television program Teletubbies and its concomitant controversies are analyzed along with the media attention surrounding the program. A textual analysis is presented, including the methodologies of narrative theory, semiotics/structuralism, and poststructuralism. The context is also analyzed, using a cultural studies and historical reception approach, in order to chronicle and analyze the show's controversies and elucidate how these arguments have affected reception and interpretation of the show. Following textual and contextual analysis, a social science approach is utilized, reviewing literature and research that supports or refutes the arguments at hand. Finally, the results of a qualitative, ethnographical study are presented in order to include the child's perspectives on the show and inform the larger, cultural issues of childhood. |
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