Children, Teens, Families, and Mass Media: The Millennial Generation

ISBN-13: 9780805845648 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 408 str.

Rose Kundanis

Opis

This volume begins with a look at children's experiences with the mass media to ground the book in personal relationships to the mass media. To understand the experiences, the book examines the children at various developmental ages and across generations. It looks at the variety of effects that can operate due to children's perceptions at different ages including fear, aggression and sexuality. Theoretical perspectives coupled with research on effects explain and predict how the communication process may occur. Cultivation theorists, for example, look at the message with their yearly content analysis of prime time and they also look at the receivers or audience as they examine self-report surveys to compare light viewers with heavy viewers. Concerned families and child advocates have worked to empower individuals in their use of television and the internet through legislation such as the Children's Television Act of 1990 and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

Recenzje

"The author is to be admired for her commitment to the millennial generation, introducing them to the many issues relevant to children, 'tweens,' teens, and families in relation to mass media. Equally admirable is the desire to create media-savvy students capable of analyzing and weighing media content, reaching thoughtful conclusions, and writing with accuracy, depth, and insight. The blend of writing formats and styles-coupled with chapter-end summaries, further consideration tasks, and resources-moves well toward the analytical and expository goal. The overall work seems well suited for an introductory college writing course in which students are honoring their expository tools and skills within a relevant journalistic content area."
—American Journal of Psychology

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Part I: Theoretical Context. Introduction. The Developing Child and Teen. Generations and History. Part II: Audience Reactions. Perceptions of Fantasy and Reality. Effects. Diverse Children Find Identity in Diverse Messages. Part III: Empowering Audiences. Role of Parents and Families. Media Literacy and Positive Effects. Policy and Law. Children's Programming.

O autorze

Rose M. Kundanis