Cognitive Development in Digital Contexts

•Research concerns the development of children’s attention and problem solving in the context of informal and formal digital learning settings. •Author/editor of the following books: Learning by Playing: Frontiers of Video Gaming in Education (Oxford, 2014), Children and Advertising: New Issues and New Media (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2014); When East Meets West: Media Research and Practice in the US and China (Cambridge 2007); The Design of Instruction and Evaluation (Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004). •Research focuses on adult foreign language learning and uses computer games to study speech perception and production in children with typical and atypical language development. •Author of the following books: Encyclopedia of Languages Development (Sage, 2014) and Language Development (Wiley, 2012).

• Section 1 - Young Children's Learning from Digital Media1. Screen Media and the Youngest Viewers: Implications for Attention and LearningMary L. Courage2. Early Digital Literacy: Learning to Watch, Watching to LearnGeorgene L. Troseth, Gabrielle A. Strouse, Colleen E. Russo Johnson3. The Effects of Parent-Child Interaction and Media User on Cognitive Development in Infants, Toddlers, and PreschoolersTiffany A. Pempek, Alexis R. Lauricella4. Plugging into Word Learning: The Role of Electronic Toys and Digital Media in Language DevelopmentRebecca A. Dore, Jennifer M. Zosh, Kathy Kirsh-Pasek, Roberta M. Golinkoff5. Parasocial Relationshipos with Media Characters: Imaginary Companions for Young Children's Social and Cognitive DevelopmentSanfra L. CalvertSection 2 - Children and Adolescents' Cognitive Skills as Enhanced Via Media6. Young Minds on Video GamesThomas E. Gorman, C. Shawn Green7. Playing With Virtual Blocks: Minecraft as a Learning Environment for Practice and ResearchH. Chad Lane, Sherry Yi8. The Impact of Digital Media on Executive Planning and Performance in Children, Adolescents, and Emerging AdultsAlexander W. Fietzer, Stephanie Chin9. Immersive Virtual Reality and the Developing ChildJakki O. Bailey, Jeremy N. Bailenson10. Digital Childhoods and Literacy Development: Is Textspeak a Special Case of an "Efficient Orthography"?11. Bridging Theory and Practice: Applying Cognitive and Educational Theory to the Design of Educational MediaShalom M. FischSection 3 - Media Literacy as a Cognitive Skill12. Understanding the Technical and Social Complexity of the Internet: A Cognitive Developmental Resource PerspectiveSamantha Bordoff, Zheng Yan13. Measuring the Digital and Media Literacy Competencies of Children and TeensRenee Hobbs14. Risks, Opportunities, and Risky Opportunities: How Children Make Sense of the Online EnvironmentLeslie Haddon, Sonia LivingstonSection 4 - Policy and Practice Recommendations for Facilitating Learning from Media15. Children's Learning in a Mobile Media Environment: Policies, Practices, and PossibilitiesSarah E. Vaala, Amy B. Jordan16. How Parents Mediate Children's Media ConsumptionYalda T. Uhls, Michael B. Robb