Background
Dorr, Aimee was born on September 20, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Thomas Osborn and Mary Alice (Perkey) Dorr.
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Television and Children: A Special Medium for A Special Audience (Commtext Series)
(Aimacee Dorr examines children's interaction with televis...)
Aimacee Dorr examines children's interaction with television, emphasizing the child's active role in making sense of television. She discusses specific examples of programmes watched by children; the sense they make of advertising and programming; what children know about the medium; what a formal feature is; what effects television can have; how effects are studied and what literacy curricula look like.
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Aimee Dorr
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Bachelor of Science, Stanford University, 1964. Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Stanford University, 1970.
Career
Acting assistant professor communication Stanford University, 1967-1970, research associate in psychiatry and communication, 1970-1971, research associate in psychiatry, acting assistant professor communication, childcare policy analyst in President' General’ s Office, 1971-1972. Assistant professor education Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972-1976, associate professor, 1976-1978. Associate professor communications Annenberg School Communication University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1978—1981, professor, 1981.
Professor education University of California at Los Angeles, since 1981, dean School Education & Information Systems, since 2005. Consultant Children's television Workshop, NBC, KCET, Children's Advertising Review Unit, others.
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Television and Children: A Special Medium for A Special Audience (Commtext Series)
(Aimacee Dorr examines children's interaction with televis...)
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Television and Children: A Special Medium for A Special Audience (Commtext Series)
Membership
Fellow American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, Society Research in Child Development, International Communication Association, Amnesty International, Friends Committee on National Legislation.
Connections
Married Larry John Leifer, December 19, 1962 (divorced). 1 child, Simeon Kel Leifer. Married Donald Warren Bremme, August 6, 1977 (divorced).
1 child, John Thomas Dorr-Bremme. Married Donald Ross Simpson, February 19, 1989.
