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ERIC Number: EJ254171
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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Reference Count: 0
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Disappearing Childhood.
Postman, Neil
Childhood Education, v58 n2 p66-68 Nov-Dec 1981
Argues that childhood is a social artifact rather than a biological category. The idea of childhood is considered a product of the social change introduced initially by printing and then by electronic media. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Development, Children, History, Laws, Printing, Social Attitudes, Social Change
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Media Effects