Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Master's Theses Graduate School 2007 The portrayal of science in children's television Tristi Bercegeay Charpentier Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. THE PORTRAYAL OF SCIENCE IN CHILDREN’S TELEVISION A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Mass Communication in The Manship School of Mass Communication by Tristi Bercegeay Charpentier B.A., Louisiana State University, May 2005 May 2007 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my chair Dr. Lisa Lundy for her thoughts and support in completing this project, and my committee members Dr. Andrea Miller and Dr. Anne Osborne for their enthusiasm and ideas in planning this project. I would also like to thank Dr. Margaret H. DeFleur for her constant support and flexibility allowing me to take the time I needed to write. To Dr. John Maxwell Hamilton for taking an interest in me.