Media Exposure During Infancy and Early Childhood
The Effects of Content and Context on Learning and Development
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Beschreibung
This book discusses the burgeoning world of young children’s exposure to educational media and its myriad implications for research, theory, practice, and policy. Experts across academic disciplines and the media fill knowledge gaps and address concerns regarding apps, eBooks, and other screen-based technologies—which are being used by younger and younger children—and content delivery and design. Current research shows the developmental nuances of the child as learner in home, school, and mobile contexts, and the changes as parenting and pedagogy accommodate the complexities of the new interactive world. The book also covers methods for evaluating the quality of new media and prosocial digital innovations such as video support for separated families and specialized apps for at-risk toddlers. Highlights of the coverage: The role of content and context on learning and development from mobile media. Learning from TV and touchscreens duringearly childhood Educational preschool programming. How producers craft engaging characters to drive content delivery. The parental media mediation context of young children’s media use. Supporting children to find their own agency in learning. Media Exposure During Infancy and Early Childhood is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians and related professionals, and graduate students in diverse fields including infancy and early childhood development, child and school psychology, social work, pediatrics, and educational psychology.
This book discusses the burgeoning world of young children’s exposure to educational media and its myriad implications for research, theory, practice, and policy. Experts across academic disciplines and the media fill knowledge gaps and address concerns regarding apps, eBooks, and other screen-based technologies—which are being used by younger and younger children—and content delivery and design. Current research shows the developmental nuances of the child as learner in home, school, and mobile contexts, and the changes as parenting and pedagogy accommodate the complexities of the new interactive world. The book also covers methods for evaluating the quality of new media and prosocial digital innovations such as video support for separated families and specialized apps for at-risk toddlers.
Highlights of the coverage:
- The role of content and context on learning and development from mobile media.
- Learning from TV and touchscreens during early childhood
- Educational preschool programming.
- How producers craft engaging characters to drive content delivery.
- The parental media mediation context of young children’s media use.
- Supporting children to find their own agency in learning.
Media Exposure During Infancy and Early Childhood is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians and related professionals, and graduate students in diverse fields including infancy and early childhood development, child and school psychology, social work, pediatrics, and educational psychology.
Examines effects of broad-based media – television, touchscreens, apps, video-mediated interaction (e.g., Skype) – on early child development Offers commentary from media and technology leaders, early childhood advocates, and science journalists Analyzes preschool television programming content Explores influence of TV on parental interactions with young children Discusses cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic factors Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Rachel Barr
Themen in »Media Exposure During Infancy and Early Childhood«
At-risk populations and early child development Cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic diversity Domestic and international media development Early child development and media Implications of media exposure on young children Infant learning and cognition Infants and media exposure Media and early child development Media content and policy Mobile devices and early child development Parasocial interactions in infants Parent-child interactions Preschoolers and media exposure Resilience in infants Selective attention in infants
Stimmen zu »Media Exposure During Infancy and Early Childhood«
“This book examines how children are affected by media exposure of all types and the implications for research and early childhood development strategies. … This book would be of most interest to clinicians, researchers, and professionals in early childhood development, mental health, and social sciences, as well as academicians in the field of educational psychology and graduate psychology courses.” (Michael S. Goldsby, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2017)
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