The Blackwell Handbook of Children, Media and Development
Published on 27. June 2008
Book
Hardback
640 pages
978-1-4051-4417-9 (ISBN)
Description
Every day children spend a significant amount of their waking time watching and interacting with media. Once a mass experience that was generally one-way and observational, media have increasingly become more interactive. Cell phones, DVDs, plasma monitors, and wireless interfaces add increased control, clarity, and access to media wherever children may be.
Media use starts early, in the first year of life. Initial experiences are controlled by parents and caregivers, but increasingly give way to children's preferences as favorite programs and preferred modes of interaction emerge. The degree to which these experiences are a positive as well as a negative source of developmental change in the cognitive, social, and health areas is an ongoing intellectual debate with significant implications for today's society.
The Handbook of Children, Media, and Development brings together an interdisciplinary group of experts in the fields of developmental psychology, developmental science, communication, and medicine to provide an authoritative, comprehensive, up-to-date look at the empirical research on media and media policies within the field.
Reviews / Votes
"This handbook provides readers a balanced approach in understanding the role of the media in the lives of children and adolescents." (PsycCRITIQUES, April 2009)More details
Product info
gebunden
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Students and scholars in the fields of communication, psychology, child development, and family studies.
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
1238 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-4417-9 (9781405144179)
Schweitzer Classification
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Persons
Sandra L. Calvert, the Director of the Children's Digital Media Center, is a Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University. A fellow of the American Psychological Association, she has consulted for Nickelodeon Online, Sesame Workplace, Blue's Clues, and Sega of America, to influence the development of children's television programs, Internet software, and video games. She is author of Children's Journeys through the Information Age (1999), and co-editor of Children in the Digital Age: Influences of Electronic Media on Development (2002).
Barbara J. Wilson is a Professor and Head of the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is co-author of Children, Adolescents, and the Media (2002) and three book volumes of the National Television Violence Study (1997-1998).
Content
Contents.
Preface- Aletha C. Huston.
Part 1: Historical, Conceptual and Financial Underpinnings (Pg. 1).
Chapter 1. Media and Children's Development- Sandra Calvert & Barbara Wilson.
(Pg. 3).
Chapter 2. Historical and Recurring Concerns about Children's Use of the Mass Media.
- Ellen Wartella & Michael Robb (Pg. 11).
Chapter 3. Business Models for Children's Media- Alice Cahn, Terry Kalagian & Catherine Lyon (Pg. 45).
.
Part 2: Media Access and Differential Use Patterns (Pg. 81).
Chapter 4. Media Use Across Childhood: Access, Time, and Content - Ronda Scantlin (Pg. 83).
Chapter 5. Children, Race, Ethnicity, and Media- Bradley Greenberg & Dana Mastro.
(Pg. 121).
Chapter 6. Gender, Media Use, and Effects- Stacey Hust & Jane Brown (Pg. 161).
Chapter 7. Media and the Family - Alison Alexander (Pg. 201).
Part 3: Cognitive Effects of Media: How & What Children Learn (Pg. 237).
Chapter 8. Attention and Learning from Media during Infancy and Early Childhood- Rachel Barr (Pg. 239).
Chapter 9. Media Symbol Systems & Cognitive Processes- Kaveri Subramanyam & Patricia Greenfield (Pg. 279).
Chapter 10. Learning from Educational Media- Heather Kirkorian & Daniel Anderson (Pg. 319).
Chapter 11. News, Reality Shows, and Children's Fears: Examining Content Patterns, Theories, and Negative Effects- Stacy Smith, Emily J. Moyer-Guse & Katherine Pieper (Pg. 361).
Part 4: Social Effects of Media (Pg. 395).
Chapter 12. Media Violence and Aggression in Youth - Barbara Wilson (Pg. 397).
Chapter 13. Prosocial Effects of Media Exposure- Louise Mares, Edward Palmer & Tia Sullivan (Pg. 449).
Chapter 14. Make-Believe Play, Imagination, and Creativity: Links to Children's Media Exposure- Dorothy Singer & Jerome Singer (Pg. 485).
Chapter 15. Parasocial and Online Social Relationships - Cynthia Hoffner (Pg. 519).
Chapter 16. Fear Responses to Media Entertainment- Patti Valkenburg & Moniek Buijzen (Pg. 565).
Part 5: Health Effects of Media (Pg. 597).
Chapter 17. Media Use and Childhood Obesity- Elizabeth Vandewater & Hope Cummings (Pg. 599).
Chapter 18. Media, Body Image, and Eating Disorders- Kristen Harrison & Veronica Hefner (Pg. 645).
Chapter 19. Media and Advertising Effects- Brian Young (Pg. 689).
. Chapter 20. Adolescents and Media Messages about Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs - Dina Borzekowski & Victor Strasburger (Pg. 729).
Part 6: Media Policy & Interventions (Pg. 769).
Chapter 21. The Children's Television Act- Sandra Calvert (Pg. 771).
Chapter 22. Regulating the Media: Sexually-Explicit Content- Joah Iannotta (Pg. 819).
Chapter 23. Media-related Policies of Professional Health Organizations- Marie Evans, David Bickham, Amy Branner & Michael Rich (Pg. 857).
Chapter 24. The Ratings Systems for Media Products- Douglas Gentile (Pg. 899).
Chapter 25. Parent and School Interventions: Mediation and Media Literacy- Amy Nathanson & Jennifer Chakroff (Pg. 939).
About the Editors and Contributors (Pg. 983)