Unlike many children's television shows, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood did more than simply entertain or occupy children's attention. The show educated them in the affective domain, encouraging such things as appreciation for difference, collaboration, self-expression, and self-worth. It also introduced them to the areas of culture, art, and music through guests, trips, art objects and processes, and demonstrations, making it accessible and meaningful in a way that a child could understand. While the educational content of children's television programming has improved greatly since the late 1960s, no other children's program has ever attempted such a mix of high art, low art, folk art, industrial production, learning in the affective and social domains, and more, all with a whimsical sense of humor, insight, and a level of interconnected detail unmatched by any other children's television program. This book illuminates and examines the world of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood through world design, narrative, genre, form, content, authorship, reception and more.
Autorentext
Mark J. P. Wolf is a Full Professor and Department Chair of the Communication Department at Concordia University, Wisconsin. His books include Abstracting Reality, The Medium of the Video Game, Virtual Morality, The Video Game Explosion, Myst and Riven: The World of the D'ni, Before the Crash, Encyclopedia of Video Games, Building Imaginary Worlds, The LEGO Studies Reader, and Video Games Around the World. With Bernard Perron, he is the co-editor of The Video Game Theory Reader 1 and 2, and the Landmark Video Game book series.
Zusammenfassung
Unlike many children's television shows, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood did more than simply entertain or occupy children's attention. The show educated them in the affective domain, encouraging such things as appreciation for difference, collaboration, self-expression, and self-worth. It also introduced them to the areas of culture, art, and music through guests, trips, art objects and processes, and demonstrations, making it accessible and meaningful in a way that a child could understand. While the educational content of children's television programming has improved greatly since the late 1960s, no other children's program has ever attempted such a mix of high art, low art, folk art, industrial production, learning in the affective and social domains, and more, all with a whimsical sense of humor, insight, and a level of interconnected detail unmatched by any other children's television program. This book illuminates and examines the world of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood through world design, narrative, genre, form, content, authorship, reception and more.
Inhalt
Chapter 1. Welcome to the Neighborhood
Early Children's Television
A Typical Day in the Neighborhood
Visual Style and Performance Style
Serious Play and Playful Seriousness
Chapter 2. A History of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Rogers' Early Career
From Misterogers to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
The Post-Hiatus Years
Chapter 3. The Neighborhoods: Interconnected Spaces and Places
The "Real" Neighborhoods: Pittsburgh and the Television Neighborhood
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe and Surrounding Areas
World-building and Intertextual References
Chapter 4. The Neighbors: A Diverse Sociological and Ontological Spectrum
Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and More
A Diverse Ontological Spectrum
A Neighbor Just Like You: Interpersonal Conflict and Resolution
Chapter 5. "And I'll Have More Ideas for You": Ideology and the Neighborhood
Slowness, Silence, and Reflection
Finding the Value in Others
Freshness of Vision: Through the Eyes of a Child
Chapter 6. Mister Rogers' Legacy
Projects Concurrent with Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
After the Neighborhood
List of Episodes
Resources
Notes