Dorothy G. Singer is Senior Research Scientist in the Psychology Department at Yale University, where she co-directs the Yale Family Television Research and Consultation Center. Jerome L. Singer is Professor Emeritus in the Psychology Department at Yale University, where he co-directs the Yale Family Television Research and Consultation Center.

Imagination and Play in the Electronic Age is a fascinating description of the way that TV, video games, and computers shape both our real life actions and our imaginative worlds. The Singers combine impressive scholarship with deep insight about the dangers and potential benefits of the increasing role of electronic media in the lives of children and adults--and in the end, offer an optimistic view of our wired future.

• Prologue 1. Our Conscious Imagination 2. Play: Its Beginnings and Stages 3. Television and Imagination 4. Violent Themes in Play, TV Content, and Video Games 5. Adrift in Cyberspace: Children and Computer Play 6. A Role for Play in Early Learning Epilogue References Index

Dorothy G. Singer is Senior Research Scientist in the Psychology Department at Yale University, where she co-directs the Yale Family Television Research and Consultation Center. Jerome L. Singer is Professor Emeritus in the Psychology Department at Yale University, where he co-directs the Yale Family Television Research and Consultation Center.

Imagination and Play in the Electronic Age is a fascinating description of the way that TV, video games, and computers shape both our real life actions and our imaginative worlds. The Singers combine impressive scholarship with deep insight about the dangers and potential benefits of the increasing role of electronic media in the lives of children and adults--and in the end, offer an optimistic view of our wired future.

• Prologue 1. Our Conscious Imagination 2. Play: Its Beginnings and Stages 3. Television and Imagination 4. Violent Themes in Play, TV Content, and Video Games 5. Adrift in Cyberspace: Children and Computer Play 6. A Role for Play in Early Learning Epilogue References Index

Dorothy G. Singer is Senior Research Scientist in the Psychology Department at Yale University, where she co-directs the Yale Family Television Research and Consultation Center. Jerome L. Singer is Professor Emeritus in the Psychology Department at Yale University, where he co-directs the Yale Family Television Research and Consultation Center.

Imagination and Play in the Electronic Age is a fascinating description of the way that TV, video games, and computers shape both our real life actions and our imaginative worlds. The Singers combine impressive scholarship with deep insight about the dangers and potential benefits of the increasing role of electronic media in the lives of children and adults--and in the end, offer an optimistic view of our wired future.

• Prologue 1. Our Conscious Imagination 2. Play: Its Beginnings and Stages 3. Television and Imagination 4. Violent Themes in Play, TV Content, and Video Games 5. Adrift in Cyberspace: Children and Computer Play 6. A Role for Play in Early Learning Epilogue References Index