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Informationen zum Autor Amy B. Jordan is Associate Director of Policy Implementation at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, where she directs the research on youth and media. She is co-editor (with Dafna Lemish) of the Journal of Children and Media, and co-author/co-editor of four books, including the internationally published Children, Adolescents, and the Media (with versions available in English, Chinese, and Portugese). Her work appears in a wide range of peer-reviewed journals, including Pediatrics, Communication Research, Journal of Family Communication, and Media Psychology and has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Child Health and Development, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She is the recipient of the National Communication Association's Stanley L. Saxton Applied Research Award and the International Communication Association's Most Important Applied/Public Policy Research Award. Daniel Romer is the Director of the Adolescent Communication and Health Institutes of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. He directs research on the social and cognitive development of adolescents with particular focus on the promotion of mental and behavioral health. His research is currently funded by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. He regularly serves on review panels for NIH and NSF and consults on federal panels regarding media guidelines for coverage of adolescent mental health problems, such as suicide and bullying. He is on the editorial boards of Youth and Society, Journal of Community Psychology, and Media and Communication. Klappentext Media and the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents presents cutting-edge research from the field's leading scholars. It considers both traditional media as well as "new" media (such as the Internet), offering a balanced view of the challenges and opportunities media pose for young people's healthy development. Zusammenfassung Media and the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents presents cutting-edge research from the field's leading scholars. It considers both traditional media as well as "new" media (such as the Internet), offering a balanced view of the challenges and opportunities media pose for young people's healthy development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface The Editors Chapter 1 Media Access and Use in U.S. Homes with Children and Adolescents Amy Bleakley, Sarah Vaala, Amy Jordan and Dan Romer Chapter 2 Learning in a Digital Age: Toward a New Ecology of Human Development Lori Takeuchi and Michael Levine Chapter 3 Examining Media's Impact on Children's Weight Dina Borzekowski Chapter 4 Demonstrating the Harmful Effects of Food Advertising to Children and Adolescents Jennifer Harris Chapter 5 Wassssup? Adolescents, Drugs, and the Media Victor Strasburger Chapter 6 Growing up Sexually in a Digital World: The Risks and Benefits of Youths' Sexual Media Use Jane Brown, Sherine El-Toukhy and Rebecca Ortiz Chapter 7 The Positive and Negative Effects of Video Game Play Sara Prot, Craig A. Anderson, Douglas A. Gentile, Stephanie C. Brown, and Edward L. Swing Chapter 8 Risk and Harm on the Internet Sonia Livingstone Chapter 9 Technology and Public Health Interventions Michele Ybarra Chapter 10 Using Media to Aid Children in War, Crisis, and Vulnerable Circumstances Dafna Lemish Chapter 11 Early Learning, Academic Achievement and Children's Digital Media Use Ellen Wartella and Alexis Lauricella Chapter 12 Children's Parasocial Relationships Sandra Calvert and Melissa Richards Chapter 13 Behind the Scenes: Working with Hollywood to Make Positive Social Change Marisa Nightingale Chapter 14 Sesame Workshop's Talk, Listen, Connect: A Multiple Media Resource to Benefit M...
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Media and the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents presents cutting-edge research from the field's leading scholars. It considers both traditional media as well as "new" media (such as the Internet), offering a balanced view of the challenges and opportunities media pose for young people's healthy development.
