This text provides comprehensive, research-oriented background to the developmental impact of the varied interactions children and adolescents have with the modern media. The approach is grounded in the media-effects tradition. The authors target areas most controversial and at the heart of debates about mass media and public health, thus equipping students to approach the media as critical consumers. Each chapter provides the latest research and seminal studi… More >>
Children, Adolescents, and the Media
Although billed as a “textbook,” this book is actually for anyone — parent, teacher, interested adult — who wants to know how various media affect kids and what we can do about it. Fed up with what you’re seeing on TV and at the movies? Read this book! Concerned about school shootings and their link to media violence? Read this book! Want some ammunition to fire back at Hollywood producers who shrug their shoulders? Read this book!
Rating: 5 / 5