The Plug-in Drug: Television, Computers, and Family Life - Softcover

Winn, Marie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142001082 ISBN 13: 9780142001080

Publisher: Penguin, 2001

Synopsis

Plug in Drug The landmark book on TV addiction and children is now completely revised and updated to include the variety of electronic media (computers, VCRs, and video games) that have supplemented TV in the home and increased children's bondage to the screen. (Available now) Full description

About this title

Review:

"Still the definitive work on how and why television harms the minds and spirits of children." --Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-author of Good Work: Where Excellence and Ethics Meet

"Extremely important...ought to be read by every parent." --Los Angeles Times

"No one has captured the devastating effects of television the way Marie Winn has. The latest research coupled with candid and inspiring correspondence from actual families make this the best edition yet."--Jim Trelease, author of The Read-Aloud Handbook

About the Author:

Marie Winn has written thirteen books, among them Children Without Childhood, Unplugging the Plug-In Drug, and Red-Tails in Love. She currently writes a column about nature for the Wall Street Journal. She has two grown children and four grandchildren who are growing up without television.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0142001082
• ISBN 13: 9780142001080
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352