W Douglas Evans
W Douglas Evans
Media-related commercial marketing aimed at promoting the purchase of products and services by children, and by adults for children, is ubiquitous and has been associated with negative health consequences such as poor nutrition and physical...
Media and risky behaviors [0.03%]
媒体与高危行为
Soledad Liliana Escobar-Chaves,Craig A Anderson
Soledad Liliana Escobar-Chaves
Liliana Escobar-Chaves and Craig Anderson investigate two important trends among American youth and examine the extent to which the two trends might be related. First, the authors note that U.S. youth are spending increasing amounts of time...
Kaveri Subrahmanyam,Patricia Greenfield
Kaveri Subrahmanyam
Over the past decade, technology has become increasingly important in the lives of adolescents. As a group, adolescents are heavy users of newer electronic communication forms such as instant messaging, e-mail, and text messaging, as well a...
Barbara J Wilson
Barbara J Wilson
Noting that the social and emotional experiences of American children today often heavily involve electronic media, Barbara Wilson takes a close look at how exposure to screen media affects children's well-being and development. She conclud...
Marie Evans Schmidt,Elizabeth A Vandewater
Marie Evans Schmidt
Marie Evans Schmidt and Elizabeth Vandewater review research on links between various types of electronic media and the cognitive skills of school-aged children and adolescents. One central finding of studies to date, they say, is that the ...
Heather L Kirkorian,Ellen A Wartella,Daniel R Anderson
Heather L Kirkorian
Electronic media, particularly television, have long been criticized for their potential impact on children. One area for concern is how early media exposure influences cognitive development and academic achievement. Heather Kirkorian, Elle...
Trends in media use [0.03%]
媒体使用趋势
Donald F Roberts,Ulla G Foehr
Donald F Roberts
American youth are awash in media. They have television sets in their bedrooms, personal computers in their family rooms, and digital music players and cell phones in their backpacks. They spend more time with media than any single activity...
Peter Greenwood
Peter Greenwood
Over the past decade researchers have identified intervention strategies and program models that reduce delinquency and promote pro-social development. Preventing delinquency, says Peter Greenwood, not only saves young lives from being wast...
Laurie Chassin
Laurie Chassin
Laurie Chassin focuses on the elevated prevalence of substance use disorders among young offenders in the juvenile justice system and on efforts by the justice system to provide treatment for these disorders. She emphasizes the importance o...
Thomas Grisso
Thomas Grisso
Thomas Grisso points out that youth with mental disorders make up a significant subgroup of youth who appear in U.S. juvenile courts. And he notes that juvenile justice systems today are struggling to determine how best to respond to those ...