Donald F. Roberts, Ulla G. Foehr

Kids and the Media in America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first comprehensive national sample study of US young people's media use.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 589g
• ISBN-13: 9780521527903
• ISBN-10: 0521527902
• Artikelnr.: 21502139

Inhaltsangabe

1. The changing media landscape
2. The measurement of media behavior: measuring young people's media behavior
The samples
Questionnaires
3. The media environment
Media in the home
Multiple media homes
Media in young people's bedrooms
Household television orientation
Summing up the media environment
4. Screen media: television, videos, and movies: Amount of screen exposure
Content preferences
The context of exposure
Attitudes toward television
Summing up screen media exposure
5. Audio media: radio, tapes and CDs: attitudes toward television
Music content preferences
Audio media: a coda
6. Print media: books, magazines, and newspapers: amount of print exposure
Content preferences: what young people read
Summing up print behavior
7. Interactive media: who uses computers?
Amount of computer use
Videogames
Content preferences
Summing up interactive media use
8. Patterns of overall media consumption: exposure versus use
Overall media exposure
9. Media behavior: a youth perspective: personal contentedness and media use
Academic performance and media use
Heavy versus light media users
A typology of young people's media behavior
10. Summary and conclusions.