Mind and Media - The Effects of Television, Video Games, and Computers

List of contents

Introduction to the Classic Edition
Preface

1. The Electronic Media


2. Film and Television Literacy


3. Television and Learning


4. Television and Social Reality


5. Using Television to Overcome Educational Disadvantage


6. Comparing Print, Radio, and Television


7. Video Games


8. Computers


9. Multimedia Education

About the author

Patricia M. Greenfield is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles and Director of the Children’s Digital Media Center @ Los Angeles (www.cdmc.ucla.edu). Her central theoretical and research interest is in the relationship between culture and human development; she sees media as a key component of modern culture. Greenfield is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and recipient of an Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cultural and Contextual Factors in Child Development from the Society for Research in Child Development.

Summary

In this now classic, Patricia M. Greenfield argues that each medium can make a contribution to development, that each has strengths and weaknesses, and that the ideal childhood environment includes a multimedia approach to learning.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia M. Greenfield, Patricia M. (University of California Greenfield, Greenfield Patricia M.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2014
• EAN: 9781138805941
• ISBN: 978-1-138-80594-1
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Psychology Press & Routledge Classic Editions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; History, Media Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General, Humanities, Child & developmental psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Teaching of a specific subject