Handbook of Children and the Media

Dorothy G. Singer, Jerome L. Singer

SAGE, 2001 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 765 pages

"A readable handbook that is certain to be an important resource for students, scholars, and researchers in a variety of disciplines."

— CHOICE

From Internet censorship to levels of television exposure, the effects of mass media on children is one of the most widely debated issues in our society. Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of renowned scholars from around the world, the Handbook of Children and the Media is the first and only all-inclusive, comprehensive analysis of the field for students and scholars. This book summarizes the current scope of research on children and the media, suggests directions for future research, and attempts to provide students with a deliberate examination of how children use, enjoy, learn from, and are advantaged or disadvantaged by regular exposure to television and other electronic media.

The Handbook of Children and the Media is an outstanding text for classes and will provide students in communication, psychology, family studies, education, sociology, public policy, and related fields with a valuable reference work as they continue their studies in this important area. Beyond the classroom setting, policymakers, media professionals, and concerned parents will all find much to value in this landmark volume.

Contents

• The History of Childrens Use of Electronic Media: 7
• Implications for Child Development: 29
• The Use of Television and Other FilmRelated Media: 47
• Games and the Internet on Cognition Socialization and Behavior: 73
• COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS AND SCHOOLREADINESS SKILLS: 101
• Television and the Childs Developing Imagination: 121
• Television as Incidental Language Teacher: 135
• Creating Vigilance for Better Learning From Television: 153
• Prosocial Effects on Childrens Social Interactions: 183
• The Media and Childrens Fears Anxieties and Perceptions of Danger: 207
• Effects of Televised Violence on Aggression: 223
• A Global Study: 255
• What Do We Know About: 269
• PERSONALITY SOCIAL ATTITUDES AND HEALTH: 309
• Media and the Family: 323
• Televisions Gender Role Images and Contribution: 341
• Children and Television Advertising: 375
• Popular Music in Childhood and Adolescence: 395
• Children Adolescents Drugs and the Media: 415
• Targeting Children in a Toxic Environment: 447
• Television and Morality: 463
• Forging the Media Environment for: 475
• The Economic Structure of the Commercial Electronic: 477
• Broadcast Networks and the Childrens Television Business: 495
• Childrens Programming: 507
• PRIX JEUNESSE as a Force for Cultural Diversity: 521
• Gateway to Educational Resources: 533
• Children the Internet and Other New Technologies: 547
• Hazards and Possibilities of Commercial TV in the Schools: 557
• The Role of Research in Educational Television: 571
• Policy Issues and Advocacy: 587
• Compliance With: 605
• Child and Parent Responses to the AgeBased: 621
• The New OnLine Childrens Consumer Culture: 635
• Government: 651
• Models and Monitors: 663
• Media Literacy and Critical Television Viewing in Education: 681
• A History and Analysis: 699
• A Final Word From the Editors: 721
• Index: 727
• About the Editors and Contributors: 755

About the author

Jerome L. Singer is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. His specialty is research on the psychology of imagination and daydreaming. Dr. Singer has authored articles on thought processes, imagery, personality, psychotherapy, children′s play, and the effects of television. He has been President of the Division of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts in the American Psychological Association. In 2008, he was awarded the Rudolf Arnheim Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts from the American Psychological Association, and in 2009, the Paul Farnsworth Award for Lifetime Contribution and Service, Division 10, American Psychological Association.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Handbook of Children and the Media; Handbook of Children and the Media, Dorothy G Singer
• Authors: Dorothy G. Singer, Jerome L. Singer
• Editors: Dorothy G. Singer, Jerome L. Singer
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: SAGE, 2001
• ISBN: 0761919554, 9780761919551
• Length: 765 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies; Psychology / Developmental / Child; Social Science / Children's Studies; Social Science / Media Studies