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ERIC Number: EJ467840
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0962-0214
Constructing the Captive Audience: Channel One and the Political Economy of the Text.
Apple, Michael
International Studies in Sociology of Education, v2 n2 p107-31 1992
Argues that development and use of Channel One in schools is not reform but conservative reaction to "too much democracy" and loss of common culture. Maintains that school financing problems have helped the expansion of Channel One. Asserts that the selection and reporting of the news is more important than the issue of commercials on Channel One. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Philosophy, Educational Technology, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Hidden Curriculum, Outcomes of Education, Role of Education, School Business Relationship, Socialization, Socioeconomic Influences, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Textbooks
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Channel One