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Murray, John Patrick was born on September 14, 1943 in Cleveland. Son of John Augustine and Helen Marie (Lynch) Murray.
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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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John Patrick Murray
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John Patrick Murray, American Psychologist, educator, researcher. Email address: [email protected].
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Catholic U. American, 1970.
Career
Research director Office United States Surgeon General, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1969-1972; associate professor psychology, Macquarie U., Sydney, Australia, 1973-1979; associate professor psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1979-1980; director youth and family policy, Boys Town Center, Boys Town, Nebraska, 1980-1985; professor, director School Family Studies and Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1985-1998; interim associate vice provost research, Kansas State University, Manhattan, since 1998. Scholar-in-residence Mind Science Foundation, San Antonio, 1996-1997. Member children's television committee Columbia Broadcasting System, since 1996.
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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
Member Nebraska Foster Care Review Board, 1982-1984. Member Advocacy Office for Children and Youth, 1980-1985. Member National Council Children and television, 1982-1987.
Trustee The Villages Children's Homes, since 1986, Menninger Foundation, since 1996. Member children's television advisory board Columbia Broadcasting System-television, since 1996. Fellow American Psychological Association (president division child youth and family services 1990).
Member American Sociological Association, Society Research in Child Development, Royal Commonwealth Society (London), Manhattan Country Club.
Connections
Married Ann Coke Dennison, April 17, 1971. Children: Jonathan Coke, Ian Patrick.
