TY - GEN T1 - Disney Channel tween programming : essays on shows from Lizzie McGuire to Andi Mack A2 - Bell, Christopher E., 1974- LA - English PP - Jefferson, North Carolina PB - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers YR - 2020 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1193118722 AB - "Much has been written about the Walt Disney Company's productions, but the focus has largely been on animation and feature film created by Disney. In this essay collection, the attention is turned to The Disney Channel and the programs it presents for a largely tween audience. Since its emergence as a market category in the 1980s, the tween demographic has commanded purchasing power and cultural influence, and the impressionability and social development of the age group makes it an important range of people to study. Presenting both a groundbreaking view of The Disney Channel's programming by the numbers and a deep focus on many of the best-known programs and characters of the 2000s-shows like The Wizards of Waverly Place, That's So Raven and Hannah Montana-this collection asks the simple questions, "What does The Disney Channel Universe look and sound like? Who are the stories about? Who matters on The Disney Channel?" -- OP - 279 NO - Description based upon print version of record. CN - PN1992.8.P74 D57 2020 SN - 9781476639635 SN - 1476639639 SN - 9781476681948 SN - 1476681945 KW - Disney Channel (Firm) KW - Preteens on television. KW - Preteens on television KW - Electronic books. ER -