Television and Child Development - Softcover

Van Evra, Judith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080582801X ISBN 13: 9780805828016

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

The material presented in this second edition provides a current and complete summary and synthesis of what is known about television's role in, and impact on, children's cognitive and social development. Unlike other books on television or child development, this text directly combines communication and psychological perspectives for a more comprehensive and accurate look at children's television experiences. The integration of information from these diverse sources addresses the complexity of the interactions among child, content, technological, and contextual variables, and provides a broader conceptualization of both theoretical and practical issues. In short, this volume carefully considers the complex and significant interplay between other forces in a child's life with the television viewing experience.

Providing updated research findings in the major areas and including changing trends in television content and viewing patterns, this new edition offers new sections on technology and its influence and an entirely new chapter on television's impact on exceptional and high risk children. Also included are research findings on the many other media uses now available to children besides television, as well as those that affect children's use of television--VCRs, cable programs, computers, the Internet, video games, and virtual reality--in addition to a chapter on intervention and critical viewing strategies.

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Synopsis

The material presented in this volume provides a summary and synthesis of what is known about television's role in, and impact on, children's cognitive and social development. It directly combines communication and psychological perspectives to look at children's television experiences. The integration of information from these diverse sources addresses the complexity of the interactions among child, content, technological and contextual variables, and provides a broader conceptualization of both theoretical and practical issues. In short, this volume considers the complex and significant interplay between other forces in a child's life with the television viewing experience. Providing updated research findings in the major areas and including changing trends in television context and viewing patterns, this edition offers sections on technology and its influence and a new chapter on television's impact on exceptional and high risk children.

Also included are research findings on the many other media uses now available to children besides television, as well as those that affect children's use of television - VCRs, cable programmes, computers, the Internet, video games, and virtual reality - in addition to a chapter on intervention and critical viewing strategies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080582801X
• ISBN 13: 9780805828016
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Van Evra Judith