Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Middle Childhood: Contexts of Development
- 2 The Significance of Middle Childhood Peer Competence for Work and Relationships in Early Adulthood
- 3 Aggression and Insecurity in Late Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Antecedents and Developmental Pathways
- 4 Middle Childhood Family-Contextual and Personal Factors as Predictors of Adult Outcomes
- 5 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Continuity and Change in Reading Achievement in the Colorado Adoption Project
- 6 Reciprocal Effects of Mothers' Depression and Children's Problem Behaviors from Middle Childhood to Early Adolescence
- 7 Middle Childhood Life Course Trajectories: Links Between Family Dysfunction and Children's Behavioral Development
- 8 The Contribution of Middle Childhood Contexts to Adolescent Achievement and Behavior
- 9 Educational Tracking Within and Between Schools: From First Grade Through Middle School and Beyond
- 10 School Environments and the Diverging Pathways of Students Living in Poverty
- 11 The Relations of Classroom Contexts in the Early Elementary Years to Children's Classroom and Social Behavior
- 12 Out-of-School Time Use During Middle Childhood in a Low-Income Sample: Do Combinations of Activities Affect Achievement and Behavior?
- 13 Low-Income Children's Activity Participation as a Predictor of Psychosocial and Academic Outcomes in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
- 14 Healthy Mind, Healthy Habits: The Influence of Activity Involvement in Middle Childhood
- 15 Media Effects in Middle Childhood
- 16 Continuity and Discontinuity in Middle Childhood: Implications for Adult Outcomes in the UK 1970 Birth Cohort
- 17 Mandatory Welfare-to-Work Programs and Preschool-Age Children: Do Impacts Persist into Middle Childhood?
- 18 Effects of Welfare and Employment Policies on Middle-Childhood School Performance: Do They Vary by Race/Ethnicity and, If So, Why?
- 19 Effects of a Family Poverty Intervention Program Last from Middle Childhood to Adolescence
- 20 Experiences in Middle Childhood and Children's Development: A Summary and Integration of Research
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
15 - Media Effects in Middle Childhood
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Middle Childhood: Contexts of Development
- 2 The Significance of Middle Childhood Peer Competence for Work and Relationships in Early Adulthood
- 3 Aggression and Insecurity in Late Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Antecedents and Developmental Pathways
- 4 Middle Childhood Family-Contextual and Personal Factors as Predictors of Adult Outcomes
- 5 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Continuity and Change in Reading Achievement in the Colorado Adoption Project
- 6 Reciprocal Effects of Mothers' Depression and Children's Problem Behaviors from Middle Childhood to Early Adolescence
- 7 Middle Childhood Life Course Trajectories: Links Between Family Dysfunction and Children's Behavioral Development
- 8 The Contribution of Middle Childhood Contexts to Adolescent Achievement and Behavior
- 9 Educational Tracking Within and Between Schools: From First Grade Through Middle School and Beyond
- 10 School Environments and the Diverging Pathways of Students Living in Poverty
- 11 The Relations of Classroom Contexts in the Early Elementary Years to Children's Classroom and Social Behavior
- 12 Out-of-School Time Use During Middle Childhood in a Low-Income Sample: Do Combinations of Activities Affect Achievement and Behavior?
- 13 Low-Income Children's Activity Participation as a Predictor of Psychosocial and Academic Outcomes in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
- 14 Healthy Mind, Healthy Habits: The Influence of Activity Involvement in Middle Childhood
- 15 Media Effects in Middle Childhood
- 16 Continuity and Discontinuity in Middle Childhood: Implications for Adult Outcomes in the UK 1970 Birth Cohort
- 17 Mandatory Welfare-to-Work Programs and Preschool-Age Children: Do Impacts Persist into Middle Childhood?
- 18 Effects of Welfare and Employment Policies on Middle-Childhood School Performance: Do They Vary by Race/Ethnicity and, If So, Why?
- 19 Effects of a Family Poverty Intervention Program Last from Middle Childhood to Adolescence
- 20 Experiences in Middle Childhood and Children's Development: A Summary and Integration of Research
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
The telecommunications revolution of the twentieth century has created a new environment for our children. Radio, television, movies, videos, video games, and computer networks have assumed central roles in socializing our children while parents may have lost influence. For better or worse, the mass media have an enormous impact on our children's values, beliefs, and behaviors. No examination of middle childhood environments can be complete without understanding the influences of the mass media.
Of course, it is beyond the scope of this chapter to review all of the effects that the mass media have on youth in middle childhood. Excellent recent reviews of media effects on children are available (Anderson et al., 2003; Comstock & Paik, 1991; Huston & Wright, 1997; Palmer & Young, 2003; Singer & Singer, 2001). Instead, in this chapter, we will first elaborate the theory that has developed to explain the different ways in which media exert both short- and long-term influences on children's behaviors and cognitions. We will also review some of the characteristics of media presentations and some of the individual differences in children that have been shown to moderate these effects. Finally, we will review the empirical evidence on the effects of the exposure to the mass media in childhood on four dimensions of behavior and beliefs: (a) violent and aggressive behavior, (b) body image and obesity, (c) stereotype formation, and (d) learning and academic achievement.
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- Developmental Contexts in Middle ChildhoodBridges to Adolescence and Adulthood, pp. 303 - 326Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006
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