THE ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND MEDIA
The roles that media play in the lives of children and adolescents, as well as their potential implications for their cognitive, emotional, social, and behavioral development, have attracted growing research attention in a variety of disciplines.
The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents and Media analyzes a broad range of complementary areas of study, including children as media consumers, children as active participants in media making, and representations of children in the media. The handbook presents a collection that spans a variety of disciplines including developmental psychology, media studies, public health, education, feminist studies, and the sociology of childhood. Essays provide a unique intellectual mapping of current knowledge, exploring the relationship of children and media in local, national, and global contexts.
Divided into five parts, each with an introduction explaining the themes and topics covered, the handbook features 57 new contributions from 72 leading academics from 38 countries. Chapters consider vital questions by analyzing texts, audience, and institutions, including
the role of policy and parenting in regulating media for children
the relationships between childrens online and offline social networks
childrens strategies of resistance to persuasive messages in advertising
media and the construction of gender and ethnic identities
The Handbooks interdisciplinary approach and comprehensive, international scope make it an authoritative, state of the art guide to the nascent field of Childrens Media Studies. It will be indispensable for media scholars and professionals, policy makers, educators, and parents.
Dafna Lemish is Professor of Communication, Interim Dean of the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA and founding editor of the Journal of Children and Media. She is author of numerous books and articles on children, media and gender representations.
THE ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND MEDIA
Edited by
Dafna Lemish
First published 2013
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The Routledge international handbook of children, adolescents and media / edited by Dafna Lemish.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Mass media and children. 2. Mass media and youth. I. Lemish, Dafna, 1951- editor of compilation.
HQ784.M3R88 2013
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2012042153
ISBN: 978-0-415-78368-2 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-203-36698-1 (ebk)
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To my mother, Chaya Barkai (Mishkov), who once insisted on pulling me away from my desk on the eve of a major exam because there is this great nature documentary on TV. You can learn so much from it too! She read me books and played Famous Authors and Wild Flowers card games with me when I was sick. We also went to the movies, theater, and concerts throughout my childhood. In fact, she continues to recommend books for my leisure reading over the phone in our cross-Atlantic calls, advising me that I absolutely have to read them. Thus, it is fair to say that it is from her that I learned first-hand about the role of media in childrens lives as well as about her abiding faith in my abilities to study and write about it (or anything else) if I only want to.
With my deepest gratitude and love, forever.
CONTENTS
Dafna Lemish
Kirsten Drotner
Debbie Olson and Giselle Rampaul
Uwe Hasebrink and Ingrid Paus-Hasebrink
Marina Krcmar
Elizabeth A. Vandewater
David Buckingham
Karen Orr Vered
Dafna Lemish
Radhika Parameswaran
Carol L. Tilley
Stephanie Hemelryk Donald and Kirsten Seale
Jeanette Steemers
Sonia Livingstone
Pl Aarsand
Rich Ling and Troels Bertel
Tyler Bickford
Kara Chan
Meryl Alper
Meenakshi Gigi Durham
Deborah L. Linebarger
Maritte Huizinga, Sanne W. C. Nikkelen, and Patti M. Valkenburg
Maya Gtz
Kylie Peppler
Nicole Martins
Erica Scharrer
Jochen Peter
Kristen Harrison
Bradley J. Bond, Melissa N. Richards, and Sandra L. Calvert
Dina L.G. Borzekowski
Jeanne Prinsloo
Cynthia Carter
Erica Weintraub Austin
Moniek Buijzen, Esther Rozendaal, and Eva A. van Reijmersdal
Sharon R. Mazzarella
Gustavo Mesch
Amy I. Nathanson
Rivka Ribak
Sin Lincoln
Sun Sun Lim
Michelle M. Rivera and Angharad N. Valdivia
Nelly Elias
JoEllen Fisherkeller
Tao Papaioannou
Jean Stuart and Claudia Mitchell
Norma Pecora
Katalin Lustyik
Amy Beth Jordan and Joelle Sano Gilmore
Brian ONeill
Shalom M. Fisch
Becky Herr Stephenson
Renee Hobbs
Alexis R. Lauricella, Michael B. Robb, and Ellen Wartella
Barbara Kolucki
Cecilia von Feilitzen
Michael Rich
Linda Simensky
This handbook is a huge undertaking, one which would have been impossible without the scholarship, enthusiasm, talent, expertise, and hard work of the 71 contributors. Collectively, they represent the current status of scholarship, policy making, activism, education, and advocacy work conducted for, about and with children, over the last half a century.
This volume would have been impossible without the support I received throughout my academic journey from many institutions and colleagues around the world, and in particular in both Israel and the United States over the last 30 years. Collectively, they form an orchestra of voices, and should be considered to be leading partners and contributors. I am also indebted to Natalie Foster, Senior Editor of Media and Cultural Studies at Routledge, for her enthusiasm and support for this project, and to the Routledge editorial and production team, especially to Ruth Berry, Production Editor, for her professionalism and dedication. I am also grateful to Jennifer Butcher, a Ph.D. student at Southern Illinois University for her invaluable help in preparing this manuscript for print.
