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Trends and Policy IssuesNumber of resources found: 18
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Children Now Language: English
Publisher: Children Now (2009)
Description: Children Now is a nonpartisan, independent voice for America's children. Using innovative research and communications strategies, Children Now promotes pioneering solutions to problems facing America's children. Recognized nationally for its policy expertise, up-to-date information on the status of children, and leading work with the media, Children Now focuses particular attention on the needs of children who are poor or at risk, while working to improve conditions for all children by making them a top priority across the nation.
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Parent's Television Council Language: English
Publisher: Parent (2009)
Description: The Parent's Television Council is a non-profit, nonpartisan group which advocates for family-friendly television programming and offers advice to families on appropriate programs.
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General Information
Are New Media a Boon to Young Children’s Education? Language: English
Publisher: National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) (Aug 2008)
Description: This news brief discusses the introduction of media into the lives of young children and the lack of research or child development knowledge behind many of the products currently being marketed.
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Facing the Screen Dilemma: Young Children, Technology and Early Education Language: English
Author: Linn, Susan
Publisher: The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (2012)
Description: A 20-page guide written to help early childhood educators make informed decisions about whether, why, how and when to use screen technologies with young children. It provides an overview of the research on screen time and young children. And it offers guidance for those who want their programs to be screen-free, as well as for those who choose to incorporate technology in their settings.
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Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds Language: English
Author: Rideout, Victoria
Publisher: The Kaiser Family Foundation (January 2010)
Description: This longitudinal study of children’s media use provides a detailed look at current media use and patterns among young people, but also documents changes in children’s media habits since the first two waves of the study, in 1999 and 2004.
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Health Literacy Online: A guide to writing and designing easy-to-use health Web sites Language: English
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2010)
Description: This guide provides information on how to create a web site that is easy to use and will meet the needs of low literacy users.
The specific example is creating an Easy-to-use Health Web site.
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Internet Delivery within Course Content and Learner Satisfaction in Early Childhood Education Language: English
Author: Cave, Melissa
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University (2002)
Description: This project evaluated the effectiveness of ECE Internet training in terms of learning outcomes, its implementation (specifically, the technological aspects), and the student‟s level of satisfaction with the
course.
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Keeping Kids Active in the Winter Months
Language: English
Publisher: CYFERnet (Jan 2012)
Description: This Hot Topic contain useful information on ways to help keep kids active in the winter months. Links are provided to fact sheets, activity ideas, research on physical activities and health, and curriculum ideas for groups of kids.
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Media in the Lives of Young Children
Language: English
Publisher: CYFERnet 2012 (Jan 2012)
Description: This Hot Topic page provides information on media and young children. It includes
resources on how much time children are engaging with media, identifies potentially negative impacts of media use, highlights educational use of media, and gives helpful suggestions for parents to use when making decisions and supervising children using various media.
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National Institute on Media and the Family Language: English
Description: This website helps families and educators to maximize the benefits and minimize the harm of mass media on children through research, education and advocacy.
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Remote Control Childhood: Combating the Hazards of Media Culture in Schools Language: English
Author: Levin, Diane
Publisher: Wheelock College (2010)
Description: This paper explores remote control childhood and describes how it came about beginning in the mid 1980’s when marketing was deregulated in the United States. This led to a link-up between media producers and marketers to create far-reaching new marketing strategies and thousands of ever-changing products that have forever transformed childhood.
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Sorting Out Scientific Studies Language: English
Publisher: PBS (2010)
Description: The news often reports results of the latest scientific studies. Here are the five questions you need to ask to get more complete information that can help you determine how the results apply to you.
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Television goes to School: The Impact of Video on Student Learning in Formal Education
Language: English
Publisher: Corporation for Public Broadcasting (2004)
Description: This report focuses on key questions concerning the relationship of television to learning, and provides examples from current television research to demonstrate the effect of television on student achievement. Visual media is an essential component of classroom instruction, with almost all teachers emloying video in some form in their teaching.
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The Power of Pow! Wham!: Children, Digital Media and Our Nation's Future Language: English
Author: Shore, Rima
Publisher: Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop (May 2008)
Description: This report focuses primarily on children in elementary school years and highlights current research and industry trends. The paper poses challenges about the potential and limitations of digital media in promoting learning for young children.
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Turn Off the Screens & Turn on the Play Language: English
Publisher: Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment (TRUCE) (May 2008)
Description: This is a brochure that highlights the latest research that warns that screens draw children away from play and lead to LOST ground on brain development.
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Zero to Eight: Children's Media Use in America Language: English
Publisher: Common Sense Media (October 2011)
Description: Zero to Eight is a nationally representative survey of parents of U.S. children ages zero to eight, conducted to understand the patterns of media use among young American children. Covering TV, other video, reading, music, computers, video games, and mobile digital devices, we examine time spent and frequency of use; differences in children’s media use by gender, race, or socio-economic status; the home media environment; educational media use; and access to the newest mobile media platforms like smart phones and tablets.
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Professional Development
Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 Language: English, Spanish
Publisher: National Association for the Education of Young Children (2012)
Description: This new position statement from NAEYC and the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College provides important guidance to early childhood programs on the effective use of media and technology.
A variety of resources about the new position statement are available on NAEYC's website, including the position statement, key messages, examples of effective practice, a webcast, and related resources. It is available as an interactive or standard PDF.
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Programming Resource
Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 Language: English, Spanish
Publisher: National Association for the Education of Young Children (2012)
Description: This new position statement from NAEYC and the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College provides important guidance to early childhood programs on the effective use of media and technology.
A variety of resources about the new position statement are available on NAEYC's website, including the position statement, key messages, examples of effective practice, a webcast, and related resources. It is available as an interactive or standard PDF.
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Research
Childhood Exposure to Media Violence Predicts Young Adult Aggressive Behavior, According to a New 15-year Study Language: English
Publisher: American Psychological Association (March 9, 2003)
Description: This press release from the American Psychological Association describes the findings of a 15-year study on aggression and childhood media exposure. The study found that children's viewing of violent TV shows, their identification with aggressive same-sex TV characters, and their perceptions that TV violence is realistic are all linked to later aggression as young adults, for both males and females.
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