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Mind Map by dottydiva96, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by dottydiva96
almost 11 years ago
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The future
of childhood
- The disappearance
of childhood
- Postman: The rise, and fall,
of childhood lies in the fall of
print culture and its
replacement by television
culture
- Critcism
- Ignores other
factors such as
changes in law,
rising living
standards etc
- Ignores other
factors such as
changes in law,
rising living
standards etc
- Claims that
children's
unsupervised
games are
dying out
- Critcism
- Less
distinction
between adults
and children's
clothes, crimes,
entertainment
and rights
- During the middle ages, people were
illiterate and there was no division
between the worlds of men and women
- Childhood emerged with mass literacy;
the ability of reading for adults meant
they had power over 'adult' knowledge
(sex, money, violence, death)
- 'Information
hierarchy'
- TV destroys information hierarchy and the boundary between adults and children,
diminishing adult power. The tastes of adults and children become interweved
- 'Information
hierarchy'
- Childhood emerged with mass literacy;
the ability of reading for adults meant
they had power over 'adult' knowledge
(sex, money, violence, death)
- Postman: The rise, and fall,
of childhood lies in the fall of
print culture and its
replacement by television
culture
- A separate
childhood culture
- Opie argues childhood is still present
- Strong evidence of
childhood culture still
exists - children still
create games, songs etc
- Contradicts Postman's claim that
children's unsupervised games are
dying out
- Strong evidence of
childhood culture still
exists - children still
create games, songs etc
- Opie argues childhood is still present
- Globalisation of
Western childhood
- International
humanitarian and
welfare agencies
impose western
norms on rest of
world
- Campaigns against child
labour about what
'childhood' ought to be, but
isn't in other countries
- International
humanitarian and
welfare agencies
impose western
norms on rest of
world
- The
reconstruction
of childhood
- Palmer
- 'Toxic childhood'
- Junk food,
computer games,
educational stress
- Junk food,
computer games,
educational stress
- Technological and cultural
changes have damaged
physical and emotional
development of children
- 'Toxic childhood'
- Childhood as innocent
and protected stage is
under threat
- Extension of compulsory education
- children dependent for longer
- Children have more rights
but still not equal to adults
- Disappearing
childhood due to
lower death rates -
ageing population
- Social construct, so
changes with cultural
and geographical
situation
- Palmer
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