Handbook of children and the media

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Introduction - Dorothy G Singer and Jerome L Singer Why a Handbook on Children and the Media? PART ONE: THE POPULAR MEDIA AS EDUCATORS AND SOCIALIZERS OF GROWING CHILDREN Children's Uses and Gratifications History of Children's Use of the Electronic Media - Haejung Paik Free Reading - Roger Desmond Implications for Child Development Uses of Television and Other Film-Related Media - George Comstock and Erica Scharrer New Forms of Electronic Media - Kaveri Subrahmanyam et al The Impact of Interactive Games and the Internet on Cognition, Socialization and Behavior Cognitive Functions and School Readiness Skills Attention, Comprehension and the Educational Influences of Television - David S Bickham, John C Wright and Aletha C Huston Television and the Child's Developing Imagination - Patti M Valkenburg Television as Incidental Language Teacher - Letitia R Naigles and Lara Mayeux Creating Vigilance for Better Learning from Television - Dorina Miron, Jennings Bryant and Dolf Zillman Prosocial Effects on Children's Social Interactions - Marie-Louise Mares and Emory H Woodward Some Hazards of Television-Viewing Fears, Aggression and Sexual Attitudes The Media and Children's Fears, Anxieties and Perceptions of Danger - Joanne Cantor Effects of Televised Violence on Aggression - L Rowell Huesmann Media Violence in Cross-Cultural Perspective - Jo Groebel A Global Study on Children's Media Behavior and Some Educational Implications Research on Sex in the Media - Neil M Malamuth and Emily A Impett What Do We Know about Effects on Children and Adolescents? Sex in the Media - Ed Donnerstein and Stacy Smith Theory, Influences and Solutions Mass Media and Identity Development - Nina Huntemann and Michael Morgan Media and the Family - Robert Kubey and Barna William Donovan Television's Gender-Role Images and Contribution to Stereotyping - Nancy Signorielli Past, Present and Future Television, Children and Multicultural Awareness - Gordon L Berry and Joy Keiko Asamen Comprehending the Medium in a Complex Multimedia Society Children and Television Advertising - Dale Kunkel Popular Music in Childhood and Adolescence - Donald F Roberts and Peter G Christienson Children, Adolescents, Drugs and the Media - Victor C Strasburger Television Food Advertising - Katherine Battle Horgen, Molly Choate and Kelly D Brownell Targeting Children in a Toxic Environment Television and Morality - Lawrence I Rosenkoetter PART TWO: FORGING THE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT FOR THE FUTURE: THE MEDIA INDUSTRY AND ITS TECHNOLOGY The Economic Structure of the Commercial Electronic Children's Media Industries - J Cory Allen Broadcast Networks and the Children's Television Business - Alison Alexander Serving the Very Young and Restless - Jerry Franklin, Larry Rifkin and Patrice Pascual Children's Programming on Public Television Prix Jeunesse as a Force for Cultural Diversity - David W Kleeman Cable Television - Peter J Dirr Gateway to Educational Resources for Development at all Ages Children, the Internet and Other New Technologies - Todd Tarpley Hazards and Possibilities of Commercial TV in the Schools - Ellen Wartella and Nancy Jennings The Role of Research in Educational Television - Michael Cohen PART THREE: POLICY ISSUES AND ADVOCACY Children and Media Policy - Dale Kunkel and Brian Wilcox Industry Standards and Practices - Karen Hill-Scott Compliance with the Children's Television Act Child and Parent Responses to the Age-Based and Content-Based Television Ratings - Bradley S Greenberg and Lynn Rampoldi-Hnilo Digital Kids - Kathryn C Montgomery The New Online Children's Consumer Culture Public Policy and Private Practice - Amy B Jordan Government Regulations and Parental Control of Children's Television Use in the Home Parents and Other Adults - Marjorie J Hogan Models and Monitors of Healthy Media Habits Media Literacy and Critical Television Viewing in Education - James A Brown Children's Advocacy Groups - Laurie Trotta A History and Analysis