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Some selections may be annotated to aid your choice of the right reference work.

 

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Internet & Media


Internet & Media (organized by author)

Anderson, CA, Dill, K.E., “Video Games and Aggressive Thoughts, Feelings and Behavior in the Laboratory and in Life,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 78: 4, 772-790, 2000.

Caslon Analytics, Inc., “Caslon Analytics Profile: Adult Content Industries,” online at http://www.caslon.com.au/xcontentprofile.htm, November 2004.

Confessore, N., “Porn and Politics in a Digital Age,” online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/porn/special/politics.htm

Gentile, DA, Lynch, & Walsh, DA, “The Effects of Violent Video Game Habits on Adolescent Aggressive Attitudes and Behaviors,” submitted for publication, 2005.

Gorman, L. and McLean, D., Media and Society in the Twentieth Century, Blackwell Publishing, 2003

Hamilton, A. “Video Vigilantes: If Parents Don’t Monitor Kids’ Access to Violent and Sexual Games, Should the States Do It?” Time, January 10, 2005.

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, “Key Facts: Children and Video Games,” Fall, 2002.

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, “Key Facts: Teens Online,” Fall, 2002.

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, “Zero to Six: Electronic media in the lives of infants, toddlers and preschoolers,” Fall, 2003.

Hofschire, LJ, Greenberg, BS. “Media’s Impact on Adolescent Body Dissatisfaction.” In J.D. Brown et al. (eds.), Sexual Teens, Sexual Media. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2002.

Internet Economic Indicators, “Key Findings,” online at http://www.internetindicators.com/keyfindings.html, 2005.

Kundanis, R. Children, teens, families, and mass media: the millennial generation. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum, 2003.

M/Cyclopedia of New Media, “Pornography and Internet Technologies,” online at http://wiki.media-culture.org.au/index.php/Pornography_And_Internet_Technologies, 2002.

National Institute on Media and the Family, “A Normative Study of Children’s Media Habits,” January, 2002.

National Institute on Media and the Family, “Effects of Video Game Playing on Children,” www.mediafamily.org/facts.

Pecora, N., The Business of Children’s Entertainment, New York: Guilford Press, 1998.

Postman, N., The Disappearance of Childhood, New York: Vintage Books, 1994.

Roberts, DF, Foehr, UG, Rideout, VJ and Brodie, M. Kids and Media at the New Millenium: A Comprehensive National Analysis of Children’s Media Use. Menlo Park, CA: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Report, 1999.

San Jose Mercury News and The Kaiser Family Foundation, “Growing Up Wired: Survey on Youth and the Internet in Silicon Valley,” online at www.kff.org, May, 2003.

Seligman, K. “Young and Wired: Computers, cell phones, video games, blogs, text message—how will the sheer amount of time spent plugged in affect our kids?” San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, May, 2006.

Shaffer, HJ, Hall, MN, Vander Bilt, J. “Computer Addiction: A Critical Consideration.” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 70:162-168, April, 2000.

Singer, DG., Singer, JL, Handbook of Children and the Media. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2001.

Thornburgh, D, Lin, HS, Youth, Pornography and the Internet, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2002.

Wright, C. “Children and Technology: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities.” Childhood Education, 78:37, Fall 2001.

Some selections on Media Literacy:.

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/media_lit/media_lit.shtm

http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/

http://www.mediaandwomen.org/

http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/

http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/silverblatt/index.html

Some of the best sites on Internet safety:

www.wiredsafety.org

www.wiredkids.org

© 2005 Michael Y. Simon, MFT