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How Toddlers Learn the Secret Language of Movies

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Authors:
  1. Cary Bazalgette

    1. University College London Institute of Education, London, UK

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  • Provides unique research on difficult to study participants: two-year-olds

  • Avoids the "risk or benefits" paradigm of children's media research

  • Presents a new perspective specifically for observing and interpreting children's film and television viewing behaviour

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Cary Bazalgette
    Pages 1-6

  3. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-8
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    2. Beyond “Risks or Benefits”

      • Cary Bazalgette
      Pages 9-29

    3. Two-Year-Olds’ Movie-Learning

      • Cary Bazalgette
      Pages 31-58

    4. The Nature of the System

      • Cary Bazalgette
      Pages 59-80

    5. Evolution, Neuroscience and Embodied Cognition

      • Cary Bazalgette
      Pages 81-102

  4. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-104
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    2. Fear, Distress and Sadness

      • Cary Bazalgette
      Pages 105-133

    3. Reality and Make-Believe

      • Cary Bazalgette
      Pages 135-158

    4. Understanding Narrative

      • Cary Bazalgette
      Pages 159-183

    5. Viewing Together

      • Cary Bazalgette
      Pages 185-203

    6. The Value of Movie-Learning

      • Cary Bazalgette
      Pages 205-214

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 215-224
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About this book

This book takes a radically new approach to the well-worn topic of children's relationship with the media, avoiding the "risks and benefits" paradigm while examining very young children's interactions with film and television. Bazalgette proposes a refocus on the learning processes that children must go through in order to understand what they are watching on televisions, phones, or iPads. To demonstrate this, she offers unique insight from research done with her twin grandchildren starting from just before they were two years old, with analysis drawn from the field of embodied cognition to help identify minute behaviours and expressions as signals of emotions and thought processes. The book makes the case that all inquiry into early childhood movie-viewing should be based on the premise that learning–usually self-driven–is taking place throughout.

Reviews

"This is an innovative and important book. Combining meticulous research, fascinating data and the judicious use of theory, Bazalgette brings us much closer to young children’s experiences and perspectives than previous research—and in the process, she refutes many popular myths about their engagements with moving images. Elegantly written, engaging, and wise, this book deserves to be widely read, not just by researchers and students, but also by teachers and parents." —David Buckingham, Emeritus Professor, Loughborough University, UK


"How Toddlers Learn the Secret Language of Movies is an excellent read underpinned by some serious ethnographic research. I particularly admire Cary’s respect for young children and her openness to their learning. Cary very effectively challenges many ‘taken–for–granted’ beliefs about young children and media and especially the language used when discussing young children and movie watching. Recommended reading for parents and teachers."
—Cath Arnold, Associate, Pen Green Research Base, UK

Authors and Affiliations

  • University College London Institute of Education, London, UK

    Cary Bazalgette

About the author

Cary Bazalgette is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Culture, Communication, and Media at the UCL Institute of Education, UK. Previously, she was Head of Education at the British Film Institute. 

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