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Subject(s)

• Television and children [Browse]
• Child development [Browse]

Series

LEA's communication series. [More in this series]

Summary note

Television continues to play a major role in the lives of most children and adolescents, but current research also reflects the explosive growth in new technologies and their widespread use by young people. Integrating information from communication literature as well as from child development and other psychological domains, author Judith Van Evra presents a summary and synthesis of what is currently known about the media's impact on children's physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development, to help discern the complex and significant interplay between other forces in a child's life a

Notes

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-263) and indexes.

Language note

English

Contents

Contents; Preface; Introduction; I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; II: COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF MEDIA EXPERIENCE; III: SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF MEDIA EXPERIENCE; IV: OTHER TECHNOLOGIES; V: INTERVENTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS; References; Author Index; Subject Index

ISBN

• 1-135-61546-2
• 1-282-32133-1
• 9786612321337
• 1-4106-1044-6

OCLC

475940654

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