Buckingham, and Child Abuse

Buckingham (1994) writes concerning the study of children and the media. His article attempts to suggest more profitable methods of research rather than quantitative and qualitative data, and functionalism and conflict theory he proposes an interactionist perspective. This essay is a review of the Buckingham (1994) article, and drawing upon sociologists like Patterson (1994), Western (1993), Robinson (1994) and Schultz (1993) to argue that Buckingham's (1994) article has not accomplished his apparent goals of more profitable research methods and a greater understanding …

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