Description
Book SynopsisTaking a global and interdisciplinary approach,
Children and Media explores the role of modern media, including the internet, television, mobile media and video games, in the development of children, adolescents, and childhood.
- Primer to global issues and core research into children and the media integrating work from around the world
- Comprehensive integration of work that bridges disciplines, theoretical and research traditions and methods
- Covers both critical/qualitative and quantitative approaches to the topic
Table of ContentsPreface xi
Companion Website xv
Introduction 1
1 Media and Children at Home 13
2 Media and Individual Development 38
3 Media, Learning, and Literacy 72
4 Media and Health-related Behaviors 98
5 Media and Perceptions of Self and Society 135
6 Media, Sociality, and Participation 176
7 Media Literacy Education 195
8 Policy and Advocacy 208
Conclusions: Growing Up with Media 233
References 243
Index 268
