"The World Of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood | Media & Cultural Studies

Unlike many children’s television shows Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood did more than simply entertain or occupy children’s attention. The show educated them in the affective domain encouraging such things as appreciation for difference collaboration self-expression and self-worth. It also introduced them to the areas of culture art and music through guests trips art objects and processes and demonstrations making it accessible and meaningful in a way that a child could understand. While the educational content of children’s television programming has improved greatly since the late 1960s no other children’s program has ever attempted such a mix of high art low art folk art industrial production learning in the affective and social domains and more all with a whimsical sense of humor insight and a level of interconnected detail unmatched by any other children’s television program. This book illuminates and examines the world of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood through world design narrative genre form content authorship reception and more. |The World of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood | Media & Cultural Studies