Children, Media, and American History

Margaret M. Cassidy is Associate Professor in the Communications Department at Adelphi University, USA. She is the author of BookEnds: The Changing Media Environment of American Classrooms.

• Chapter 1: Children and Media in the Early United StatesChapter 2: The Mass PressChapter 3: Beyond Story Papers and Dime Novels: Flash and FancyChapter 4: The Rise of Mass Media and Youth Culture in the Twentieth CenturyChapter 5: Midcentury Media and Turbulent TeensChapter 6: Television Takes Center StageChapter 7: Twenty-First Century Childhood and Digital MediaBibliographyIndex

"This is an important book. In a measured, engaging, and deeply-researched analysis, Margaret Cassidy brings much-needed historical and corrective context to our current anxiety over how American children interact with media." –Howard Chudacoff, Brown University