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TELEVISION AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
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Television continues to play a major role in the lives of most
children and adolescents, but current research also reflects the explosive growth in new
technologies and their widespread use by young people. Integrating information from
communication literature as well as from child development and other psychological
domains, author Judith Van Evra presents a summary and synthesis of what is currently
known about the media's impact on children's physical, cognitive, social, and emotional
development, to help discern the complex and significant interplay between other forces in
a child's life and the use of various media.
This third edition contains updated and expanded coverage of research findings and a
review of changing trends in media use including computers, the Internet, books and
magazines, music videos, and video games as well as television. New chapters focus on
basic research designs and methodologies; cultural diversity; health-related matters and
lifestyle choices; media's impact on various social-emotional aspects of a child's
development; the use of technology for information and for entertainment; and intervention
possibilities, parent strategies, and education. An overall conclusions section at the end
of the book provides a cogent summary of findings to date and stimulates discussion of
questions and ideas for future research.
Television and Child Development explores how, and to what extent, television and other
media actually affect children, and what role other variables may play in mediating their
impact, so that we can maximize technology's potential for enriching children's cognitive,
social, and emotional development, while at the same time minimizing any negative
influence. This text is appropriate for researchers, teachers, and students in
communications, developmental and social psychology, and education, as well as in areas of
advertising, leisure studies, family studies, and health promotion.
ORDER CODE:
EA0-8058-4864-9B
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