Background
Wilcox, Brian Leroy was born on December 13, 1950 in Lynwood, California, United States. Son of Bennie Leonard and Marjorie Jean (Bowen) Wilcox.
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Big World, Small Screen: The Role of Television in American Society (Child, Youth, and Family Services)
( Big World, Small Screen assesses the influence of telev...)
Big World, Small Screen assesses the influence of television on the lives of the most vulnerable and powerless in American society: children, ethnic and sexual minorities, and women. Many in these groups are addicted to television, although they are not the principal audiences sought by commercial TV distributors because they are not the most lucrative markets for advertisers. This important book illustrates the power of television in stereotyping the elderly, ethnic groups, gays and lesbians, and the institutionalized and, thus, in contributing to the self-image of many viewers. They go on to consider how television affects social interaction, intellectual functioning, emotional development, and attitudes (toward family life, sexuality, and mental and physical health, for example). They illustrate the medium's potential to teach and inform, to communicate across nations and cultures—and to induce violence, callousness, and amorality. Parents will be especially interested in what they say about television viewing and children. Finally, they offer suggestions for research and public policy with the aim of producing programming that will enrich the lives of citizens all across the spectrum. Nine psychologists, members of the Task Force on Television and Society appointed by the American Psychological Association, have collaborated on Big World, Small Screen.
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Brian Leroy Wilcox
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Education
Bachelor, California Lutheran College, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1979.
Career
Assistant professor psychology University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1979-1984. Legislation assistant Sen. Bill Bradley, Washington, 1984-1985.
Director public policy American Psychological Association, since 1986. Board directors Sex Information and Education Council of the United States, board directors Mediascope, Los Angeles. Executive committee Society for Comty.
Research and Action, Washington.
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Big World, Small Screen: The Role of Television in American Society (Child, Youth, and Family Services)
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Big World, Small Screen: The Role of Television in American Society (Child, Youth, and Family Services)
Membership
Fundraiser Clinton Presidential Campaign, Washington, 1992. President National Consortium for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Washington, 1993-1995. Fellow American Psychological Association, Society for Community Research and Action.
Member Division Child, Youth and Family Superior vena cava syndrome, Society for Research in Child Development, American Public Health Association.
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Married Pamela Holley, August 17, 1974. 1 child, Andrew Bradley.
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