RESOURCES: The Behavioral Impact of Television on Children and Adolescents - Some Book Journal Article and Internet Resources

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The issues of the impact of television viewing on children have been the topic of a large body and diverse group of publications and more recently of internet resources.  There is a great deal of literature specifically about the behavioral impacts of television on children and adolescents and the resources below simply scratch the surface with the hope that they will get those interested in this topic a running start in finding needed research and discussion in this area.  First some book and journal article citations followed by some websites with pertinent resources in this subject area.  Since this topic has been around for some time, some older sources have been provided to complement the newer sources of information.

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Book and Journal Article Citations


The child and television drama :
the psychosocial impact of cumulative viewing
Corp Author: Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry.,
Committee on Social Issues.
Publication: New York, N.Y. :
Mental Health Materials Center, 1982


Television and social behavior;
an annotated bibliography of research focusing on television's
impact on children.
Author: Atkin, Charles K.; Murray, John P.,; Nayman, Oguz B.,
Publication: Rockville, Md., National Institute of Mental Health 1971


Children's Perceptions of TV and Health Behavior Effects
Author: Kennedy, Christine M.; Strzempko, Fran; Danford, Cynthia,
and others
Source: Journal of Nursing Scholarship
v. 34  no. 3  2002  p. 289-294


Viewing behavior of children and TV guidance by parents:
A comparison of parent and child reports.
Author: Koolstra, Cees M.; Lucassen, Nicole
Source: Communications
v. 29  no. 2  2004  p. 179-198


Does television exposure affect emerging adults' attitudes and
assumptions about sexual relationships? Correlational and
experimental confirmation.
Author: Ward, L. Monique.
Source: Violence & Abuse Abstracts
v. 8  no. 4  2002  p. 251-362


Media at home: domestic interactions and regulation.
Author: Pasquier, D.
Source: Communication Abstracts
v. 25  no. 2  2002  p. 143-281


Parents versus peers: exploring the significance of peer mediation
of antisocial television.
Author: Nathanson, A.I.
Source: Violence & Abuse Abstracts
v. 8  no. 1  2002  p. 3-84


Effects of televised violence on aggression.
Author: Bushman, B. J. and Huesmann, L. R.
Source: Communication Abstracts
v. 24  no. 5   2001  p. 591-738


The Mass Media and the Prevention of Child Behavior Problems:
The Evaluation of a Television Series to Promote Positive
Outcomes for Parents and Their Children
Author: Sanders, Matthew R.; Montgomery, Danielle T.;
Brechman-Toussaint, Margaret L.
Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
v. 41  no. 7  2000  p. 939-948


Is Television Bad for Your Health? Behavior and Body Image of
the Adolescent Couch Potato
Author: Van den Bulck, Jan
Source: Journal of Youth and Adolescence
v. 29  no. 3  2000  p. 273-288


Contributions of entertainment television to adolescents' sexual
attitudes and expectations: the role of viewing amount versus
viewer involvement
Author: Ward, L.M., and R. Rivadeneyra
Source: Violence and Abuse Abstracts
v. 6  no. 2  2000


Life imitating art: adolescents and television violence.
Author: Sege, Robert D.
Source: Violence & Abuse Abstracts
v. 5  no. 1  1999


Research paradigms, television, and social behavior.
Author: Asamen , J. K. (editor); Berry , G. L. (editor)
Source: Communication Abstracts
v. 21  no. 5  1998


Longitudinal relations between children's exposure to TV violence
and their aggressive and violent behavior in young adulthood:
1977-1992
Author: Huesmann, L Rowell; Moise-Titus, Jessica
Source: Developmental Psychology
v. 39  no. 2  March 2003  p. 201-221


Benchmarking the cultivation approach to video game effects:
A comparison of the correlates of TV viewing and game play
Author: Van Mierlo, Jan; Van den Bulck, Jan
Source: Journal of Adolescence
v. 27  no. 1  February 2004   p. 97-111


Violence exposure in real-life, video games, television, movies,
and the internet: Is there desensitization?
Author: Funk, Jeanne B; Baldacci, Heidi Bechtoldt
Source: Journal of Adolescence
v. 27  no. 1  February 2004   p. 23-39


Factual and Evaluative Approaches to Modifying Children's
Responses to Violent Television
Author: Nathanson, Amy I
Source: Journal of Communication
v. 54  no. 2  June 2004   p. 321-336


Sexually Related Content on Television and Adolescents of Color:
Media Theory, Physiological Development, and Psychological
Impact
Author: Gruber, Enid; Thau, Helaine
Source: Journal of Negro Education
v. 72  no. 4  Fall 2003   p. 438-456


A New Scale to Assess Children's Attitude toward TV Advertising
Author: Derbaix, Christian; Pecheux, Claude
Source: Journal of Advertising Research
v. 43  no. 4  December 2003   p. 390-399


Viewing the Viewers: Viewing Behaviors by Children and Adults
During Television Programs and Commercials
Author: Schmitt, Kelly L; Woolf, Kimberly Duyck;
Anderson, Daniel R
Source: Journal of Communication
v. 53  no. 2  June 1, 2003  p. 265-281


Growing Up with Television: Everyday Learning Among Young
Adolescents
Author: Anonymous
Source: Adolescence
v. 38  no. 150  Summer 2003   p. 393

The Role of Media in Children's Development:
An Ecological Perspective.
Amy Jordan.
Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
June 2004   v. 25  no. 3  p. 196


Violent video game exposure and aggression: A literature review.
Carnagey, N. L.; Anderson, C. A
Minerva Psichiatrica
v. 45  no. 1  March 2004.  p. 1-18


Dear Santa: The effects of television advertising on young children.
Pine, Karen J.; Nash, Avril.
International Journal of Behavioral Development
November 2002  v. 26  no. 6  p. 529


Violence, values, and the electronic media environment.
Eagle, Lynne; de Bruin, Anne; Bulmer, Sandy;
Corporate Communications
v. 7  no. 1  2002   p. 25-33


Effects of Violent Video Games on Aggressive Behavior,
Aggressive Cognition, Aggressive Affect, Physiological Arousal,
and Prosocial Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review of the
Scientific Literature.
Anderson, Craig A.; Bushman, Brad J.
Psychological Science
September 2001  v. 12  no. 5  p. 353


Impact of Media on Children and Adolescents:
A 10-Year Review of the Research.
Villani, Susan.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
April 2001  v. 40  no. 4  p. 392


Consuming children: Education-entertainment-advertising.
Kenway, Jane; Bullen, Elizabeth; Buckingham,
England: Open University Press, 2001


Television images and adolescent girls' body image disturbance.
Botta, Rene A.
Journal of Communication
v. 49  no. 2  Spring 1999  p. 22-41


Mass media effects on violent behavior.
Felson, Richard B.
Annual Review of Sociology
v. 22  1996  p. 103-128


Television's impact on fantasy play: A review of research.
van der Voort, Tom H. A.; Valkenburg, Patti M.
Developmental Review
v. 14  no. 1  March 1994  p. 227-251


Television and child development.
Van Evra, Judith
Hillsdale, NJ, England: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc, 1990

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Here are some useful websites to help with the study of behavioral
impacts of television on children.

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CHILDREN: HEALTH AND MEDICAL :
MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: OBESITY:
Childhood Obesity: Causes, Outcomes and Measures for
Prevention: Some Internet Resources and Beyond
http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0409&L=temple-gold&F=&S=&P=14963

THE IMPACT OF TELEVISION ON THE
ACADEMIC ABILITY OF CHILDREN
<http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nahl/students/601-bib-Ikemoto.htm>

Annotated Bibliography
<http://www.dmacc.edu/instructors/wwzhang/118GroupProject.htm>

Psychiatric Effects of Media Violence
<http://www.psych.org/public_info/media_violence.cfm>

Selected Readings Related To The Issue Of Television Violence
<http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ENG/SOCIAL/BIBLIO.htm>

Bibliography: Media Literacy
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/readings/articles/bib_UO.html

Resources on Media and Media Literacy
<http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/yourchild/media.htm>

Media Violence Facts and Statistics
<http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/faq/mediaviolstats.asp>

Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
<http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/youthviolence/>

 

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