How the Media Misleads the Story of School Consumerism: A Perspective from School Finance

Autor/in	Killeen, Kieran
Titel	How the Media Misleads the Story of School Consumerism: A Perspective from School Finance
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 82 (2007) 1, S.32-62 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
DOI	10.1080/01619560701310156
Schlagwörter	Income; Consumer Economics; Educational Finance; School Business Relationship; Mass Media Effects; Statistical Analysis; Student Costs; Fees; Public Schools; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einkommen; Konsumökonomie; Bildungsfonds; Statistische Analyse; Studienkosten; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; USA
Abstract	Noting the dramatic rise in media reporting on the topic of school commercialism and consumer activity in schools, this research explores the fiscal benefits of such activities. Though a variety of activities frequently associated with school consumerism generate revenues for schools, in the example of student activity fees there is very little correlative evidence that suggests substantive and systematic shifts are under way in how schools are funded. A central argument is that the media representation of school consumerism may exaggerate the significance and effects of consumer and consumer behavior in schools, specifically in terms of the fiscal contribution of fee-based revenue. This argument is explored using quantitative methods to investigate fee-based revenue among U.S. public school systems. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10