Steven J Kirsh

Broschiertes Buch

Media and Youth

A Developmental Perspective

Beschreibung

Media & Youth: A Developmental Perspective provides a thorough review and critique of the media effects research conducted on infants, children, and adolescents. Throughout their development, youths vary cognitively, emotional, physically, and socially. In taking a developmental perspective, the theories and research throughout the book effectively reflect these variations. This approach results in far greater clarity in understanding the effects of media on youth as a result of age and developmental status. Kirsh offers a unique and wide-ranging overview of this fascinating subject, addressing the crucial issues of how much media youth consume and why; the positive and negative impacts of varying media across development; the theories behind the impact of media on youth, and what can be done to reduce the harmful consequences associated with media consumption. Each chapter ends with a section on developmental points of interest; these sections place the empirical findings, underlying theory, and suggestions for future research discussed in that chapter within the context of developmental change. This textbook is of primary interest to those teaching courses on, and studying, media effects and children in the areas of Psychology and Communication.

Autor

Steven J. Kirsh is a Professor of Psychology at The State University of New York at Geneseo. Dr. Kirsh's primary areas of research focus on the influence of violent media on emotion recognition and social information processing. He has published Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research (2006), as well as numerous scientific articles and book chapters. 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9781405179478
• ISBN-10: 1405179473
• Artikelnr.: 26840183

Rezensionen

"Overall, I found this book a fascinating read about mediaeffects across child and adolescent development." (Journal of the American Academy of Child and AdolescentPsychiatry (JAACAP), 1 July 2012)

"Kirsh provides a clearheaded and admirably comprehensive surveyof the available evidence, discussing how youth consume media andhow it affects them both positively and negatively as they grow up.A diverse range of topics are addressed from a developmentalperspective, giving readers a good grounding in theory and findingsalike. With his lucid writing style, clearly structured chaptersand a slew of rather endearing personal anecdotes, Kirsch makes alabyrinthine subject remarkably navigable. He reveals that theareas most influenced by

media are not necessarily what we mightthink." (The Psychologist, May 2011) "Young people today are immersed in the media, like fish in water.Finally, here is a textbook that describes the impact of mediaimmersion on how young people think, feel, and behave. Rather thanrelying on anecdotes or hunches, Professor Kirsh uses the findingsfrom scientific studies. The book is a must read for anyoneconcerned about the impact of the media on youth."
--Brad J. Bushman, University of Michigan and VUUniversity Amsterdam

"An excellent and easily readable book, written in an engagingstyle and using perfectly suited anecdotal examples to introducenew subjects on a diversity of media experiences and effects onchildren and adolescents today. A perfect overview for allinterested readers, especially parents, teachers, andpractitioners."
--Ingrid Möller, University of Potsdam