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Nickelodeon nation : the history, politics, and economics of America's only TV channel for kids

The first examination of the most popular tv network for kids. Essays are both scholars as well as journalists, Nick employees, and psychologists.
Print Book, English, ©2004
New York University Press, New York, ©2004
vi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780814736517, 9780814736524, 0814736513, 0814736521
53084070
Nickelodeon grows up / Norma Pecora
"A kid's gotta do what a kid's gotta do" / Kevin S. Sandler
"TV satisfaction guaranteed!" / Susan Murray
The early days of Nicktoons / Linda Simensky
"You dumb babies!" / Mimi Swartz
Diversifying representation in children's TV / Ellen Seiter and Vicki Mayer
Interview with Geraldine Laybourne / Henry Jenkins
Ren & Stimpy / Mark Langer
Nickelodeon's nautical nonsense / Heather Hendershot
"We pledge allegiance to kids" / Sarah Banet-Weiser
Watching children watch television and the creation of Blue's clues / Daniel R. Anderson