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On Becoming Neighbors: The Communication Ethics of Fred Rogers
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019 eISBN: 978-0-8229-8720-8 | Cloth: 978-0-8229-4590-1 Library of Congress Classification PN1992.4.R56K63 2019 Dewey Decimal Classification 791.4572
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Fred Rogers is an American cultural and media icon, whose children’s television program, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, ran for more than thirty years (1967-2001) on the Public Broadcasting System. In this highly original book, communication scholar Alexandra C. Klarén shows how Rogers captured the moral, social, and emotional imaginations of multiple generations of Americans. She explores the nuanced complexity of the thought behind the man and the program, the dialogical integration of his various influences, and the intentional ethic of care behind the creation of a program that spoke to the affective, cultural, and educational needs of children (and adults) during a period of cultural and political upheaval. Richly informed by newly available archival materials, On Becoming Neighbors chronicles the evolution of Rogers’ thought on television, children, pedagogy, and the family through a rhetorical, cultural, and ethical lens. Klarén probes how Rogers creates the conditions for dialogue in which participants explore possibilities and questions relating to the social and material world. See other books on: Becoming Neighbors | Children's television programs | Communication Ethics | Fred Rogers | Television and children See other titles from University of Pittsburgh Press |
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