20 Questions about Youth and the Media
New York: Peter Lang, 2nd, revised ed. (2018), xiv, 260 pp.
ISBN 978-1-4331-3935-2 (pdf); 978-1-4331-4391-5 (pbk)
"The revised edition of 20 Questions about Youth and the Media is an updated and comprehensive guide to today's most compelling issues in the study of children, tweens, teens and the media. The editors bring together leading experts to answer the kinds of questions an undergraduate student might ask about the relationship between young people and media. In so doing, the book addresses a range of media, from cartoons to the Internet, from advertising to popular music, and from mobile phones to educational television. The diverse array of topics include government regulation, race and gender, effects / both prosocial and risky,, kids' use of digital media, and the commercialization of youth culture. This book is designed with the undergraduate youth/children and media classroom in mind, and features accessible writing and end-of-chapter discussion questions and exercises." (Publisher description)
Introduction: Sometimes Things Do Change: Children and Media Studies Today / Ellen Wartella, 1
PART I: THE PLAYERS: CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT, PARENTS & CHILD ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS & SCHOLARS
1 How Has the Kids' Media Industry Evolved? / J. Alison Bryant, 9
2 How Does the U.S. Government Regulate Children's Media? / Alison Alexander, Keisha L. Hoerrner, 23
3 Why Is Everybody Always Pickin' on Youth? Moral Panics about Youth, Media, and Culture / Sharon R. Mazzarella, 37
4 How Are the Needs of Children Considered in Children's Media? / Sherri Hope Culver, 49
5 What Is Media Literacy Education? / Renee Hobbs, 63
6 Piaget and Pokémon: What Can Theories of Developmental Psychology Tell Us about Children and Media? / Cyndy Scheibe, 75
7 How Do Researchers Study Young People and the Media? / Dafna Lemish, 87
PART II: THE CONCERNS: MEDIA USE, CONTENT, & EFFECTS
8 Should We Be Concerned about Media Violence? / Erica Scharrer, 101
9 Is Media Use Really Risky for Young People? / Sahara Byrne, 115
10 Why Do Kids Think Dora the Explorer Is Their Friend? / Nancy A. Jennings, 125
11 What Do Television and Film Teach Kids about Gender? / Rebecca C. Hains, Kyra Hunting, 137
12 Is Educational Media an Oxymoron? / Jessica Taylor Piotrowski,, 149
13 Can Media Contribute to Happiness in Children and Adolescents? / Rebecca N. H. de Leeuw, Moniek Buijzen, 161
14 Are Children Buying What Marketers Are Selling? / Matthew A. Lapierre, Chelsie Akers, 171
PART III: THE KIDS: YOUTH, CULTURE & MEDIA
15 Just How Commercialized Is Children's Culture? / Matthew P. McAllister, Azeta Hatef, 185
16 How Are Internet Practices Embedded in Teens' Everyday Lives? / Susannah R. Stern / Olivia A. Gonzalez, 197
17 How Are Young People Connecting with Their Families through Mobile Communication? / Sun Sun Lim / Yang Wang, 209
18 Snoops, Bullies and Hucksters: What Rights Do Young People Have in a Networked Environment? / Valerie Steeves, 219
19 How Do Social Differences Influence Young People's Media Experiences? / Vikki S. Katz, 231
20 How Do We Move Toward a Global Youth Media Studies? / Divya McMillin, 243
PART I: THE PLAYERS: CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT, PARENTS & CHILD ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS & SCHOLARS
1 How Has the Kids' Media Industry Evolved? / J. Alison Bryant, 9
2 How Does the U.S. Government Regulate Children's Media? / Alison Alexander, Keisha L. Hoerrner, 23
3 Why Is Everybody Always Pickin' on Youth? Moral Panics about Youth, Media, and Culture / Sharon R. Mazzarella, 37
4 How Are the Needs of Children Considered in Children's Media? / Sherri Hope Culver, 49
5 What Is Media Literacy Education? / Renee Hobbs, 63
6 Piaget and Pokémon: What Can Theories of Developmental Psychology Tell Us about Children and Media? / Cyndy Scheibe, 75
7 How Do Researchers Study Young People and the Media? / Dafna Lemish, 87
PART II: THE CONCERNS: MEDIA USE, CONTENT, & EFFECTS
8 Should We Be Concerned about Media Violence? / Erica Scharrer, 101
9 Is Media Use Really Risky for Young People? / Sahara Byrne, 115
10 Why Do Kids Think Dora the Explorer Is Their Friend? / Nancy A. Jennings, 125
11 What Do Television and Film Teach Kids about Gender? / Rebecca C. Hains, Kyra Hunting, 137
12 Is Educational Media an Oxymoron? / Jessica Taylor Piotrowski,, 149
13 Can Media Contribute to Happiness in Children and Adolescents? / Rebecca N. H. de Leeuw, Moniek Buijzen, 161
14 Are Children Buying What Marketers Are Selling? / Matthew A. Lapierre, Chelsie Akers, 171
PART III: THE KIDS: YOUTH, CULTURE & MEDIA
15 Just How Commercialized Is Children's Culture? / Matthew P. McAllister, Azeta Hatef, 185
16 How Are Internet Practices Embedded in Teens' Everyday Lives? / Susannah R. Stern / Olivia A. Gonzalez, 197
17 How Are Young People Connecting with Their Families through Mobile Communication? / Sun Sun Lim / Yang Wang, 209
18 Snoops, Bullies and Hucksters: What Rights Do Young People Have in a Networked Environment? / Valerie Steeves, 219
19 How Do Social Differences Influence Young People's Media Experiences? / Vikki S. Katz, 231
20 How Do We Move Toward a Global Youth Media Studies? / Divya McMillin, 243
