Table of Contents

Illustration – Acknowledgments – Ellen Wartella: Introduction: Sometimes Things Do Change: Children and Media Studies Today – Part 1: The Players: Corporations, Government, Parents and Child Advocacy Organizations and Scholars – J. Alison Bryant: How Has the Kids’ Media Industry Evolved? – Alison Alexander and Keisha L. Hoerrner: How Does the U.S. Government Regulate Children’s Media? – Sharon R. Mazzarella: Why Is Everybody Always Pickin’ on Youth? Moral Panics about Youth, Media, and Culture – Sherri Hope Culver: How Are the Needs of Children Considered in Children’s Media? – Renee Hobbs: What Is Media Literacy Education? – Cyndy Scheibe: Piaget and Pokémon: What Can Theories of Developmental Psychology Tell Us about Children and Media? – Dafna Lemish: How Do Researchers Study Young People and the Media? – Part 2: The Concerns: Media Use, Content, and Effects – Erica Scharrer: Should We Be Concerned about Media Violence? – Sahara Byrne: Is Media Use Really Risky for Young People? – Nancy A. Jennings: Why Do Kids Think Dora the Explorer Is Their Friend? – Rebecca C. Hains and Kyra Hunting: What Do Television and Film Teach Kids about Gender? – Jessica Taylor Piotrowski: Is Educational Media an Oxymoron? – Rebecca N. H. de Leeuw and Moniek Buijzen: Can Media Contribute to Happiness in Children and Adolescents? – Matthew A. Lapierre and Chelsie Akers: Are Children Buying What Marketers Are Selling? – Part 3: The Kids: Youth, Culture and Media – Matthew P. McAllister and Azeta Hatef: Just How Commercialized Is Children’s Culture? – Susannah R. Stern and Olivia A. Gonzalez: How Are Internet Practices Embedded in Teens’ Everyday Lives? – Sun Sun Lim and Yang Wang: H ow Are Young People Connecting with Their Families through Mobile Communication? – Valerie Steeves: Snoops, Bullies and Hucksters: What Rights Do Young People Have in a Networked Environment? – Vikki S. Katz: How Do Social Differences Influence Young People’s Media Experiences? – Divya McMillin: How Do We Move Toward a Global Youth Media Studies? Contributors.