Children in the Digital Age : Influences of Electronic Media on Development

by Calvert, Sandra L.

• ISBN13: 9780275976521
• ISBN10: 0275976521
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-30
• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text

Summary

Access to digital technologies is rapidly changing how children experience media, and how technologies will impact children's development, and is making media an increasingly active gateway for experiencing and learning about the world. This volume considers how children use media today, and how new media is emerging and merging with existing technologies.

Author Biography

SANDRA L. CALVERT is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Children and Media Project at Georgetown University.AMY B. JORDAN is Senior Research Investigator at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.RODNEY R. COCKING was Program Director of Developmental and Learning Sciences in the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences at the National Science Foundation before his death in 2002.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Ellen A. Wartella<BR>

Media Usage Patterns<BR>

The Impact of Computer Use on Children's and Adolescents' Development by Kaveri Subrahmanyam, Patricia Greenfield, Robert Kraut, and Elisheva Gross<BR>

American Children's Use of Electronic Media in 1997: A National Survey by John C. Wright, et al.<BR>

Behavioral Effects of Media<BR>

Identity Construction on the Internet by Sandra L. Calvert<BR>

Adolescents, the Internet, and Health: Issues of Access and Content by Dina L. G. Borzekowski and Vaughn I. Rickert<BR>

Political Socialization in the Digital Age: The "Student Voices" Program by Emory H. Woodard IV and Kelly L. Schmitt<BR>

Violent Video Games and Aggressive Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors by Craig A. Anderson<BR>

Cognitive Effects of Media<BR>

"We Have These Rules Inside": The Effects of Exercising Voice in a Children's Online Forum by Justine Cassell<BR>

Developmental Implications of Commercial Broadcasters' Educational Offerings by Amy B. Jordan, Kelly L. Schmitt, and Emory H. Woodard IV<BR>

Children's Online Reports about Educational and Informational Television Programs by Sandra L. Calvert, et al.<BR>

The AnimalWatch Project: Creating an Intelligent Computer Mathematics Tutor by Carole R. Beal and Ivon Arroyo<BR>

Family and Consumer Media Models<BR>

The Development of a Child into a Consumer by Patti M. Valkenburg and Joanne Cantor<BR>

Family Boundaries, Commercialism, and the Internet: A Framework for Research by Joseph Turow<BR>

A Family Systems Approach to Examining the Role of the Internet in the Home by Amy B. Jordan