Children in the Digital Age: Influences of Electronic Media on Development

by Rodney R. Cocking and Amy Jordan

Television will be interactive, computers will provide feature-length motion pictures and TV programs, and information will be delivered like never before. Access to digital technologies is rapidly changing how children experience media, and how technologies will impact children's development, and is making media an increasingly active gateway for experiencing and learning about the world. This volume considers how children use media today, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275976521
• ISBN13: 9780275976521
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A MUST FOR SCHOLARS

Although one of the earlier compendia on the subject, this is a worthwhile read for people interested on how media interacts with youth and family life. I am a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Review articles, essays, and original studies helped me in my research for my own self-help book for parents raising and preparing kids in a media-rich world.