Children and Media

Dafna Lemish is Professor of Communication and Associate Dean at Rutgers University, and founding editor of the Journal of Children and Media. An ICA fellow, she is author and editor of numerous books and articles on children, media and gender representations including most recently: The Routledge International Handbook on Children, Adolescents and Media (2013), Screening Gender on Children’s Television: The Views of Producers around the World (2010), and Children and Television: Global Perspectives (Wiley-Blackwell 2007).

• Preface xiCompanion Website xvIntroduction 11 Media and Children at Home 132 Media and Individual Development 383 Media, Learning, and Literacy 724 Media and Health-related Behaviors 985 Media and Perceptions of Self and Society 1356 Media, Sociality, and Participation 1767 Media Literacy Education 1958 Policy and Advocacy 208Conclusions: Growing Up with Media 233References 243Index 268