Living without the screen : causes and consequences of life without television - Krcmar, Marina (New York : Routledge, 2009)
Living without television -- Sample and method -- How nonviewers gave up television -- Attitudes toward living without television -- What is television? -- Keeping out televised sex and violence -- Minimizing consumerism -- Politics and civic engagement -- Autonomous children -- Time use -- Encouraging creativity -- Engaging in real life -- Choosing to be different -- Battling the industry.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-225) and index
Keywords: Television and families -- United States; Television viewers -- United States