ISBN:
9780805834987
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (739 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Communication Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Children and Their Changing Media Environment : A European Comparative Study
DDC:
302.23/083/094
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Focusing on the meanings, uses, and impacts of new media in childhood, family life, peer culture, and the relation between home and school, this volume sets out to address many of the questions, fears, and hopes regarding the changing place of media in the lives of today's children and young people. The scholars contributing to this work argue that such questions--intellectual, empirical, and policy-related--can be productively addressed through cross-national research. Hence, this volume brings together researchers from 12 countries--Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Un
Description / Table of Contents:
LEA's COMMUNICATION SERIES; Contents; Preface; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Footnotes; Foreword; REFERENCES; Footnotes; PART I RESEARCHING YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CHANGING MEDIA ENVIRONMENT; CHAPTER 1 Childhood in Europe: Contexts for Comparison; LOCATING THE MEDIA IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES; DEVELOPING A RESEARCH FRAMEWORK; Child-centered Versus Media-centered Approaches; Mediated Childhoods in Late Modernity; Adopting a Comparative Perspective; DEMOGRAPHIC AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR CHILDHOOD IN EUROPE; Population Stability; National Wealth; Family Characteristics
Description / Table of Contents:
Cultural Diversity and ReligionEducation; MAPPING MEDIA ENVIRONMENTS ACROSS EUROPE; The Television Environment; Distribution of New Technologies; Patterns of Media Orientations; Conclusion; A BRIEF NOTE ON THE REPORTING OF FINDINGS IN THIS VOLUME; REFERENCES; Footnotes; CHAPTER 2 Doing Comparative Research With Children and Young People; APPROACHING THE TASK; RESEARCHING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; Age; Language; Location; Context; Ethics; ON ADOPTING A MULTIMETHOD DESIGN; Qualitative Phase Precedes Quantitative Phase; Complementarity; Mutuality; QUALITATIVE METHODS AND DESIGN ISSUES
Description / Table of Contents:
Children's Interview ScheduleInterviewing: Who and Where?; Data Analysis and Presentation; QUANTITATIVE METHODS AND DESIGN ISSUES; Children's Survey Questionnaire; Sampling; Data Interpretation; CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; OVERVIEW; REFERENCES; Footnotes; PART II A TIME AND PLACE FOR NEW MEDIA; CHAPTER 3 Old and New Media: Access and Ownership in the Home; RESULTS: KEY COMPARATIVE FINDINGS; Current Media Access and Ownership; Relative Importance of Different Media in Children's Lives; CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Footnotes
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 4 Children's Use of Different Media: For How Long and Why?TIME SPENT ON MEDIA; Age Trends; Gender Differences; SES Trends; USES OF MEDIA; Age Trends; Gender Differences; SES Trends; THE PRESENT STUDY; RESULTS; Media Use; Media Use; Uses of Media; DISCUSSION; Time Expenditure; Perceived Media Functionality; Comparison With Previous Findings; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 Media Use Styles Among the Young; SPENDING TIME WITH MEDIA; MEDIA USE STYLES ACROSS EUROPE; Identifying User Styles; Time Spent on Media by User Style; REPLACEMENT, REARRANGEMENT OR ACCUMULATION OF MEDIA; REFERENCES; Footnotes
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 6 Media Genres and Content PreferencesFAVORITE TOPICS AND MEDIA CONSIDERED BEST FOR FOLLOWING THEM; FOLLOWING UP INTERESTS THROUGH THE MEDIA; FAVORITE TELEVISION PROGRAMS; FAVORITE ELECTRONIC GAMES; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Footnotes; PART III CONTEXTS OF YOUTH AND CHILDHOOD; CHAPTER 7 Media at Home: Domestic Interactions and Regulation; TELEVISION AND PERSONAL COMPUTERS WITHIN FAMILY DYNAMICS; Television; Computers and Games Machines; CHANGING PATTERNS OF PARENTAL AUTHORITY; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Footnotes; CHAPTER 8 Bedroom Culture and the Privatization of Media Use
Description / Table of Contents:
WHAT IS "BEDROOM CULTURE"?
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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