{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-children-media-and-development-isbn-9781444336948","title":"The Handbook of Children, Media, and Development","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Children, Media and Development\u003c\/i\u003e brings together an interdisciplinary group of experts in the fields of developmental psychology, developmental science, communication, and medicine to provide an authoritative, comprehensive look at the empirical research on media and media policies within the field.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e25 newly-commissioned essays bring new research to the forefront, especially on digital media, developmental research, and public policy debates\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes helpful introductions to each section, a theoretical overview of the field, and a final chapter that offers a vision of future research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributors include key, international authorities in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Notes on Editors and Contributors.  \u003cp\u003eForeword (\u003ci\u003eAletha C. Huston\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Media and Children’s Development (\u003ci\u003eSandra L. Calvert and Barbara J. Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Historical, Conceptual, and Financial Underpinnings of Media.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Historical and Recurring Concerns about Children's Use of the Mass Media (\u003ci\u003eEllen Wartella and Michael Robb\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Business Models for Children’s Media (\u003ci\u003eAlice Cahn, Terry Kalagian, and Catherine Lyon\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Media Access and Differential Use Patterns.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Media Use Across Childhood: Access, Time, and Content (\u003ci\u003eRonda Scantlin\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Children, Race, Ethnicity, and Media (\u003ci\u003eBradley S. Greenberg and Dana E. Mastro\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Gender, Media Use, and Effects (\u003ci\u003eStacey J. T. Hust and Jane D. Brown\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Media and the Family (\u003ci\u003eAlison Alexander\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Cognitive Effects of Media: How and What Children Learn.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Attention and Learning from Media during Infancy and Early Childhood (\u003ci\u003eRachel Barr\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Media Symbol Systems and Cognitive Processes (\u003ci\u003eKaveri Subrahmanyam and Patricia Greenfield\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Learning from Educational Media (\u003ci\u003eHeather L. Kirkorian and Daniel R. Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 News, Reality Shows, and Children's Fears: Examining Content Patterns, Theories, and Negative Effects (\u003ci\u003eStacy L. Smith, Katherine M. Pieper, and Emily J. Moyer-Guse\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Social Effects of Media.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Media Violence and Aggression in Youth (\u003ci\u003eBarbara J. Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Prosocial Effects of Media Exposure (\u003ci\u003eMarie-Louise Mares, Edward Palmer, and Tia Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Make-Believe Play, Imagination, and Creativity: Links to Children's Media Exposure (\u003ci\u003eDorothy G. Singer and Jerome L. Singer\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Parasocial and Online Social Relationships (\u003ci\u003eCynthia Hoffner\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Fear Responses to Media Entertainment (\u003ci\u003ePatti M. Valkenburg and Moniek Buijzen\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Health Effects of Media.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Media Use and Childhood Obesity (\u003ci\u003eElizabeth A. Vandewater and Hope M. Cummings\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Media, Body Image, and Eating Disorders (\u003ci\u003eKristen Harrison and Veronica Hefner\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Media and Advertising Effects (\u003ci\u003eBrian Young\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Adolescents and Media Messages about Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs (\u003ci\u003eDina L. G. Borzekowski and Victor C. Strasburger\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Media Policy and Interventions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Children’s Television Act (\u003ci\u003eSandra L. Calvert\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Regulating the Media: Sexually Explicit Content (\u003ci\u003eJoah G. Iannotta\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Media-Related Policies of Professional Health Organizations (\u003ci\u003eMarie Evans Schmidt, David S. Bickham, Amy Branner, and Michael Rich\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Rating Systems for Media Products (\u003ci\u003eDouglas A. Gentile\u003c\/i\u003e0.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Parent and School Interventions: Mediation and Media Literacy (\u003ci\u003eJennifer L. Chakroff and Amy I. Nathanson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index.\u003c\/p\u003e  “This handbook is a meticulously researched ‘tour-de-force’ of the role media play in shaping child and family development. Through a multi-disciplinary analysis of the varied impacts the media are having on children's learning, social interactions, and healthy development, the handbook offers an authoritative, balanced perspective, while identifying pressing issues to be addressed by policymakers. It is a must-read for those who wish to understand the rich and subtle ways media influence children's lives every day.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eMichael Levine, PhD, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“The \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Children, Media and Development\u003c\/i\u003e assembles the most accomplished researchers in the field and presents in-depth and theoretically driven analyses of the most important research advances, including novel theorizing on recent technological innovations in the media. Essential as a text or reference for students, scholars, and policymakers. Understandable to undergraduates, but with depth and accuracy that scholars will appreciate.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eJoanne Cantor, Director, Center for Communication Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Calvert and Wilson have gathered together a collection of up-to-the-moment research on how children use and are influenced by various mass media, but also on the business models underlying the industry and an array of possible policies and interventions designed to protect children. Students, scholars, policymakers, and parents will all find this book an invaluable resource.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eDonald F. Roberts, Thomas More Storke Professor Emeritus, Stanford University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSandra L. Calvert\u003c\/b\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eChildren's Journeys through the Information Age\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eChildren in the Digital Age: Influences of Electronic Media on Development\u003c\/i\u003e (2002).  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara J. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor and Head of the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is co-author of \u003ci\u003eChildren, Adolescents, and the Media\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and three book volumes of the \u003ci\u003eNational Television Violence Study\u003c\/i\u003e (1997-1998).\u003c\/p\u003e  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.  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Children, Media, and Development\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990246375653,"sku":"NP9781444336948","price":63.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444336948.jpg?v=1761787049","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-handbook-of-children-media-and-development-isbn-9781444336948","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}