Children in the Digital Age : Influences of Electronic Media on Development

Introduction by Ellen A. Wartella Media Usage Patterns The Impact of Computer Use on Children's and Adolescents' Development by Kaveri Subrahmanyam, Patricia Greenfield, Robert Kraut, and Elisheva Gross American Children's Use of Electronic Media in 1997: A National Survey by John C. Wright, et al. Behavioral Effects of Media Identity Construction on the Internet by Sandra L. Calvert Adolescents, the Internet, and Health: Issues of Access and Content by Dina L. G. Borzekowski and Vaughn I. Rickert Political Socialization in the Digital Age: The "Student Voices" Program by Emory H. Woodard IV and Kelly L. Schmitt Violent Video Games and Aggressive Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors by Craig A. Anderson Cognitive Effects of Media "We Have These Rules Inside": The Effects of Exercising Voice in a Children's Online Forum by Justine Cassell Developmental Implications of Commercial Broadcasters' Educational Offerings by Amy B. Jordan, Kelly L. Schmitt, and Emory H. Woodard IV Children's Online Reports about Educational and Informational Television Programs by Sandra L. Calvert, et al. The AnimalWatch Project: Creating an Intelligent Computer Mathematics Tutor by Carole R. Beal and Ivon Arroyo Family and Consumer Media Models The Development of a Child into a Consumer by Patti M. Valkenburg and Joanne Cantor Family Boundaries, Commercialism, and the Internet: A Framework for Research by Joseph Turow A Family Systems Approach to Examining the Role of the Internet in the Home by Amy B. Jordan