20 Questions about Youth and the Media / Edition 1

by Sharon R. Mazzarella

Overview

20 Questions is a comprehensive guide to today’s most pressing issues in the study of children, tweens, and teens and the media. Sharon R. Mazzarella brings together leading experts to address a range of topics from government regulation and the effects of violent entertainment to the commercialization of youth culture and self-identity. This book is designed with the classroom in mind, with accessible writing and end-of-chapter questions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780820463346
Publisher:	Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

The Editor: Sharon R. Mazzarella is Associate Professor in the Communication Studies Department at Clemson University. She is editor of Girl Wide Web: Girls, the Internet and the Negotiation of Identity (Peter Lang, 2005) and co-editor of Growing Up Girls: Popular Culture and the Construction of Identity (Peter Lang, 1999).

Table of Contents

Contents: Ellen Wartella: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? – J. Alison Bryant: How Has the Kids’ Media Industry Evolved? – Alison Alexander/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 – Cyndy Scheibe: Piaget and Power Rangers: What Can Theories of Developmental Psychology Tell Us about Children and Media? – Dafna Lemish: How Do Researchers Study Young People and the Media? – Katharine E. Heintz-Knowles: Who’s Looking out for the Kids? How Advocates Use Media Research to Promote Children’s Interests – Nancy A. Jennings: Advertising and Consumer Development: In the Driver’s Seat or Being Taken for a Ride? – Erica Scharrer: Should We Be Concerned about Media Violence? – John P. Murray: Historically, How Have Researchers Studied the Effects of Media Violence on Youth? – Michael Morgan: What Do Young People Learn about the World from Watching Televison? – Nancy Signorielli: How Are Children and Adolescents Portrayed on Prime-Time Television? – Deborah L. Linebarger/Deborah K. Wainwright: Learning while Viewing: Urban Myth or Dream Come True? – W. James Potter/Sahara Byrne: What Are Media Literacy Effects? – Susannah R. Stern/Taylor J. Willis: What Are Teenagers up to Online? – JoEllen Fisherkeller: How Do Kids’ Self-Identities Relate to Media Experiences in Erveryday Life? – Christine M. Bachen: Just Part of the Family? Exploring the Connections between Family Life and Media Use – Sharon R. Mazzarella: How Are Girls’ Studies Scholars (and Girls Themselves) Shaking up the Way We Think about Girls and Media? – Matthew P. McAllister: Just How Commercialized Is Children’s Culture? – Stephen Kline: When It Comes to Consumer Socialization, Are Children Victims, Empowered Consumers, or Consumers-in-Training? – Katalin Lustyik: Do We All Live in a Shared World Culture?

Editorial Reviews

‘‘This readable, comprehensive compendium could be titled ‘Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Youth and Media.’ Its broad scope covers politics, research, social aspects, and history, providing background, insights, and up-to-date information on numerous topics, from longtime debates over violence and television, to the recent controversy over indecency in broadcasting, to contemporary research on how young people are using the Internet and digital media. It is an essential resource for students, parents, policy makers, and the press.’’
Kathryn C. Montgomery, Professor, School of Communication, American University; Author, «Generation Digital: Politics, Commerce, and Childhood in the Age of the Internet»

«This readable, comprehensive compendium could be titled ‘Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Youth and Media.’ Its broad scope covers politics, research, social aspects, and history, providing background, insights, and up-to-date information on numerous topics, from longtime debates over violence and television, to the recent controversy over indecency in broadcasting, to contemporary research on how young people are using the Internet and digital media. It is an essential resource for students, parents, policy makers, and the press.» (Kathryn C. Montgomery, Professor, School of Communication, American University; Author, ‘Generation Digital: Politics, Commerce, and Childhood in the Age of the Internet’)

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