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Cover image for book Playing with Power in Movies, Television, and Video Games

Playing with Power in Movies, Television, and Video Games

From Muppet Babies to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
By:Marsha Kinder
Publisher:University of California Press
Print ISBN:9780520075702
eText ISBN:9780520912434
Edition:1
Copyright:1992
Format:Reflowable

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How do children today learn to understand stories? Why do they respond so enthusiastically to home video games and to a myth like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? And how are such fads related to multinational media mergers and the "new world order"? In assessing these questions, Marsha Kinder provides a brilliant new perspective on modern media.