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Taylor and Francis Ltd Understanding the Media in Young Children’s Lives 1st Edition 2022 Hardbound by Bolshaw, Polly
This book explores the impact of digital media on young children's lives and the role that the media and news industries play in the social construction of childhood. It highlights the pressing issues relating to young children's media use drawing on key research and examines the impact of digital media on their learning, development and socialization. _x000D__x000D_The chapters recognise the challenges digital media presents children and families, but also demonstrate how media use and engagement can have a positive impact on children's academic attainment, social capital and opportunities to create and curate online content. Covering key areas of concern such as safety, violence and children's mental health, the authors provide strategies to help children and families reduce the risks that can arise with digital media use and capitalise on the opportunities it can offer._x000D__x000D_Including case study examples and opportunities for reflective practice, this is an essential text for students on Childhood and Early Childhood Studies courses and Early Years Foundation Degrees as well as practitioners wanting to develop their critical understanding of the role of the media in young children's lives._x000D_ _x000D_
1. Introduction Part 1: What are positive and negative impacts of children's media use? 2. Children's media lives 3. Children's media as education, not entertainment 4. Viewing violence: just a moral panic? 5. Media and children's health Part 2: How does the media construct childhood? 6. Children as consumers: the impact of advertising 7. Innocent, invisible or feral: constructions of children in the media 8. Helpful theoretical lenses: how theory can help us understand children's engagement with the media Part 3: How can we minimise the risks of children's media use? 9. Born digital: promoting young children's media literacy 10. Children and new digital media: the risks and the benefits 11. Understanding how research on children's media lives is conducted Part 4: Conclusion 12. Bringing it all together_x000D_