Children and media : a global perspective / Dafna Lemish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemish, Dafna, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and children.

Physical Description:

xiv, 278 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

Summary:

"Taking 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 "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Media and Children at Home 13

The Role of Context 14

Media Diffusion in the Family 17

The Role of Media in the Fabric of Family Life 18

The social uses of television 20

Parenting Styles and Mediation 22

Media-related conversations 25

Television as a talking hook 28

Conversations with siblings and peers 30

Mediating fear reactions 31

Concluding Remarks 33

2 Media and Individual Development 38

Developmental Theories 41

Attention to and Comprehension of Screen Content 45

Development of attention to audio visual content 46

Relationship between attention to television and comprehension 47

Development of Viewing Preferences 49

Development of Fantasy-Reality Distinction 51

The development of genre distinction 52

The importance of distinguishing between screen fantasy and reality 54

The development of understanding of television characters 55

The development of moral judgment 56

Identification with Media Characters 58

Children's Fear Reactions 60

Television, Imagination, and Creativity 62

A Conceptual and Methodological Reflection 64

3 Media, Learning, and Literacy 72

Media and School - Two Educational Systems 72

Viewing Television and School Performance 77

The Audio-Visual Language and Cognitive Skills 79

The development of special viewing skills 81

Learning from Educational Television 83

New Media Learning and Literacy 87

Gaming and learning 89

Television and Language Acquisition 89

Acquisition of native language 90

Acquisition of second language 92

Concluding Remarks 93

4 Media and Health-related Behaviors 98

Media and Violent Behaviors 100

Learning violent behaviors 102

Cumulative effects of media violence 103

Intervening variables 106

Media, Sex, and Sexuality 109

Gender and social expectations 111

Pornography and teenage sexuality 113

Media and Advertising 115

Advertising for children 117

Social and emotional wellbeing, and advertising 118

Is advertising working? 119

Media, Alcohol, and Smoking 120

Media, Obesity, and Eating Disorders 121

Body image and eating disorders 123

Media and Pro-social Behavior 125

Concluding Remarks 128

5 Media and Perceptions of Self and Society 135

Media and Gender 137

Construction of gender roles 139

Construction of gender identity 141

Gay identities 145

The Social Construction of Reality 146

Violence and the mean world hypothesis 147

Materialism 148

Perceptions of "us" in comparison to "others" 149

Cultural integration of immigrant children 152

The Construction of Political Reality 154

The construction of conflicts 156

Peacebuilding interventions 158

Edutainment genres 160

Americanization and Globalization 161

What is "America"? 164

Concluding Remarks 167

6 Media, Sociality, and Participation 176

Social Networking 178

Comparing offline and online relationships 179

Marginalized identities 181

Risk and Harm 182

Cyberbullying 183

Organized Production and Participation 185

Civic engagement and activism 186

Concluding Remarks 189

7 Media Literacy Education 195

The Central Debates in Media Literacy Education 198

Media Literacy Education Around the World 199

Practical Aspects of Media Literacy Education 202

The curriculum 202

Teaching 203

Assessment 203

Evaluating Media Literacy Education 204

8 Policy and Advocacy 208

Criteria for Quality Media 209

Broadcasting Policy for Children 211

Content-related policy issues 212

Violence and sexually explicit content policy 214

Television advertising policy 215

Convention on television broadcasting for children and youth 217

Internet-related Policy Issues 217

Interventions on Behalf of Children 223

Concluding Remarks 228.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Lemish, Dafna, 1951- Children and media.

ISBN:

9781118787069

1118787064

9781118786772

1118786777

OCLC:

889736040

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