[CALIBK12] [CSLA Research Update] Impact of electronic media on children

[Lesley Farmer]

Children and Electronic Media is the Focus of New VolumeThe volume
focuses on how common forms of electronic media influences the
wellbeing of children and adolescents. Accompanying the journal is an
Executive Summary and a Policy Brief.The volume concludes that rather
than focusing on the type of technology children use, parents and
policymakers should focus on what is being offered to children on the
various media platforms. The fifteen leading scholars who contributed
to the volume consider how exposure to different media forms are linked
with school achievement, cognition, engagement in extracurricular
activities, social interaction, aggression, fear and anxiety, risky
behaviors, and lifestyle choices.Media technology can be a positive
force in the lives of children and youth. Editors Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
and Elisabeth Hirschhorn Donahue argue in the Introduction that while
government's ability to regulate content is weak, educators and
families can promote child wellbeing by ensuring that children engage
media in a positive way.Children and Electronic Media. The Future of
Children (Vol. 18, No. 1).
http://www.futureofchildren.org/pubs-info2825/pubs-info_show.htm?doc_id=674322

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