{"product_id":"the-plugin-drug-isbn-9780142001080","title":"The Plug-In Drug","description":"How does the passive act of watching television and other electronic media-regardless of their content-affect a developing child's relationship to the real world? Focusing on this crucial question, Marie Winn takes a compelling look at television's impact on children and the family. Winn's classic study has been extensively updated to address the new media landscape, including new sections on: computers, video games, the VCR, the V-Chip and other control devices, TV programming for babies, television and physical health, and gaining control of your TV.Preface\u003cbr\u003eThe Good-Enough Family\u003cbr\u003eNote about the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. The Television Experience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. It's Not \u003ci\u003eWhat\u003c\/i\u003e You Watch\u003cbr\u003eThe Concerns\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Contents and Susceptible Kids\u003cbr\u003eWhat Does \u003ci\u003eNot\u003c\/i\u003e Happen\u003cbr\u003eWhy Do Parents Focus on Content?\u003cbr\u003eTelevision Savants\u003cbr\u003eA Strange and Wonderful Quiet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. A Changed State of Consciousness\u003cbr\u003eTelevision Zombies\u003cbr\u003eThe Shutdown Mechanism\u003cbr\u003eConcentration or Stupor?\u003cbr\u003ePassivity\u003cbr\u003eThe Reentry Syndrome\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. The Power of the Medium\u003cbr\u003eWhy Is It So Hard to Stop Watching?\u003cbr\u003eWhy It Captures the Child\u003cbr\u003eCookies or Heroin?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. The Experts\u003cbr\u003eDr. Spock and the Tube\u003cbr\u003eThe Medical Establishment\u003cbr\u003ePhysical Effects\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Television and Violence: A Different Approach\u003cbr\u003eFirst a Disclaimer\u003cbr\u003eLooking for a Link\u003cbr\u003eMaking the Wrong Connection\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Television and Early Childhood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Television for Tots\u003cbr\u003eBaby Viewers\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSesame Street\u003c\/i\u003e Revisited\u003cbr\u003eThe Echoes of \u003ci\u003eSesame Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow Much Do They Understand?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Television and the Brain\u003cbr\u003eBrain Changes\u003cbr\u003eCritical Early Experience\u003cbr\u003eA Caveat\u003cbr\u003eNonverbal Thinking\u003cbr\u003eBrain Hemispheres\u003cbr\u003eA Commitment to Language\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Television and Play\u003cbr\u003eLess Play\u003cbr\u003eThe Meaning of Play\u003cbr\u003eAn Experiment of Nature\u003cbr\u003ePlay Deprivation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Television and the School Years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. A Defense of Reading\u003cbr\u003eWhat Happens When You Read\u003cbr\u003eLosing the Thread\u003cbr\u003eThe Basic Building Blocks\u003cbr\u003eA Preference for Watching\u003cbr\u003eHome Attitudes\u003cbr\u003eLazy Readers\u003cbr\u003eNonbooks\u003cbr\u003eWhat About Harry Potter?\u003cbr\u003eRadio and Reading\u003cbr\u003eIf You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em\u003cbr\u003eWhy Books?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Television and School\u003cbr\u003eA Negative Relationship\u003cbr\u003eA Stepping Stone out of a Stumbling Block (Media Literacy)\u003cbr\u003eTelevision for Homework\u003cbr\u003eCommercials in the Classroom\u003cbr\u003eA Primary Factor\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. How Parents Use Television\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Before Television\u003cbr\u003eThe Bad Old Days\u003cbr\u003eA New Light on Childhood\u003cbr\u003eHow Modern Parents Survived Before Television\u003cbr\u003eFinally It \"Took\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Free Time and Resourcefulness\u003cbr\u003eNo Free Time\u003cbr\u003eAttachment and Separation\u003cbr\u003eWhy Kids Can't Amuse Themselves\u003cbr\u003e\"Nothing to Do\"\u003cbr\u003eCompeting with TV\u003cbr\u003eThe Half-Busy Syndrome\u003cbr\u003eWaiting on Children\u003cbr\u003eSickness as a Special Event\u003cbr\u003eBack to the Past\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Family Life\u003cbr\u003eThe Quality of Life\u003cbr\u003eFamily Rituals\u003cbr\u003eReal People\u003cbr\u003eUndermining the Family\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. New Technologies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. Computers in the Classroom\u003cbr\u003eDo They Help?\u003cbr\u003eBig Bucks\u003cbr\u003eComputers in Early Childhood\u003cbr\u003eWhy Computers Are Not the Answer\u003cbr\u003eWhat Are They Replacing?\u003cbr\u003eThe Computer-Television Connection\u003cbr\u003eWhy Not Get Rid of Them?\u003cbr\u003eThe Problems of Bucking the Tide\u003cbr\u003eComputers to Enhance Reading\u003cbr\u003eComputer vs. Workbook\u003cbr\u003eOn the High School and College Front\u003cbr\u003eA Matter of Balance\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Home Electronics\u003cbr\u003eThe VCR\u003cbr\u003eA Wonderful Addition to the Family\u003cbr\u003eLapware\u003cbr\u003eComputer Toys\u003cbr\u003eVideo Games\u003cbr\u003eComputer Games\u003cbr\u003eScreen Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI. Controlling Television\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. Out of Control\u003cbr\u003eHow Parents Get Hooked\u003cbr\u003eA Terrible Saga\u003cbr\u003eUndisciplined, Grumpy Children\u003cbr\u003eTen Reasons Why Parents Can't Control TV\u003cbr\u003eUbiquity\u003cbr\u003eA Chilling Episode\u003cbr\u003eA Longing for Passivity\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Gaining Control\u003cbr\u003eReal Conviction\u003cbr\u003eFirm Rules\u003cbr\u003eControl Devices and the V-Chip\u003cbr\u003eNatural Control\u003cbr\u003eDecontrol as a Means of Control\u003cbr\u003eHelp from the Outside\u003cbr\u003eVideoholics Anonymous\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII. No Television\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18. TV Turnoffs\u003cbr\u003eThree Family Before-and-After Experiments\u003cbr\u003eOrganized TV Turnoffs\u003cbr\u003eWhy Did They Go Back?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. No-TV Families\u003cbr\u003eGetting Rid of Television: Four Families That Did It\u003cbr\u003eNo Television Ever\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCODA: The Television Generation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho Is the Televisin Generation?\u003cbr\u003eMystery of the Declining SATs\u003cbr\u003eMaking Inferences\u003cbr\u003eWriting Is Book Talk\u003cbr\u003eTelevision and the Social Chill\u003cbr\u003eWhat Is to be Done?\u003cbr\u003eThe Passive Pull\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelpful Organizations\u003cbr\u003eBrief Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eEndnotes\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\"Still the definitive work on how and why television harms the minds and spirits of children.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eHoward Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-author of \u003cb\u003eGood Work: Where Excellence and Ethics Meet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Extremely important...ought to be read by every parent.\" \u003cb\u003e—Los Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No one has captured the devastating effects of television the way Marie Winn has. The latest research coupled with candid and inspiring correspondence from actual families make this the best edition yet.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eJim Trelease, author of \u003cb\u003eThe Read-Aloud Handbook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarie Winn\u003c\/b\u003e has written thirteen books, among them \u003cb\u003eChildren Without Childhood\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eUnplugging the Plug-In Drug\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eRed-Tails in Love\u003c\/b\u003e. She currently writes a column about nature for the \u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e. 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