Children in the digital age : influences of electronic media on development / edited by Sandra L. Calvert, Amy B. Jordan, and Rodney R. Cocking.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Calvert, Sandra L.

Jordan, Amy B. (Amy Beth)

Cocking, Rodney R.

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and children.

Computers and children.

Internet and children.

Video games and children.

Child development.

Physical Description:

xv, 260 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, CT : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

Showing how children use media today, this volume considers the ways in which technologies will impact their development.

Contents:

I. Media Usage Patterns 1

1. The Impact of Computer Use on Children's and Adolescents' Development / Kaveri Subrahmanyam, Patricia M. Greenfield, Robert Kraut, Elisheva Gross 3

2. American Children's Use of Electronic Media in 1997: A National Survey / John C. Wright, Aletha C. Huston, Elizabeth A. Vandewater, David S. Bickham, Ronda M. Scantlin, Jennifer A. Kotler, Allison Gilman Caplovitz, June H. Lee, Sandra Hofferth, Jonathan Finkelstein 35

II. Behavioral Effects of Media 55

3. Identity Construction on the Internet / Sandra L. Calvert 57

4. Adolescents, the Internet, and Health: Issues of Access and Content / Dina L. G. Borzekowski, Vaughn I. Rickert 71

5. Political Socialization in the Digital Age: The "Student Voices" Program / Emory H. Woodard IV, Kelly L. Schmitt 83

6. Violent Video Games and Aggressive Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors / Craig A. Anderson 101

III. Cognitive Effects of Media 121

7. "We Have These Rules Inside": The Effects of Exercising Voice in a Children's Online Forum / Justine Cassell 123

8. Developmental Implications of Commercial Broadcasters' Educational Offerings / Amy B. Jordan, Kelly L. Schmitt, Emory H. Woodard IV 145

9. Children's Online Reports about Educational and Informational Television Programs / Sandra L. Calvert, Jennifer A. Kotler, William F. Murray, Edward Gonzales, Kristin Savoye, Phillip Hammack, Susan Weigert, Erin Shockey, Christine Paces, Melissa Friedman, Matthew Hammar 165

10. The Animal Watch Project: Creating an Intelligent Computer Mathematics Tutor / Carole R. Beal, Ivon Arroyo 183

IV. Family and Consumer Media Models 199

11. The Development of a Child into a Consumer / Patti M. Valkenburg, Joanne Cantor 201

12. Family Boundaries, Commercialism, and the Internet: A Framework for Research / Joseph Turow 215

13. A Family Systems Approach to Examining the Role of the Internet in the Home / Amy B. Jordan 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

0275976521

OCLC:

48958299