Dorothy G. Singer, is retired Senior Research Scientist, Department of Psychology, Yale University. Dr. Singer is also Co-Director, with Jerome L. Singer, of the Yale University Family Television Research and Consultation Center affiliated with the Zigler Center for Child Development and Public Policy. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Her research and publications are in the area of early childhood development, television effects on youth, and parent training in imaginative play. She received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Teachers College, Columbia University in 2006, and in 2009, the Award for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Media Psychology from the American Psychological Association.Jerome L. Singer is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. His specialty is research on the psychology of imagination and daydreaming. Dr. Singer has authored articles on thought processes, imagery, personality, psychotherapy, children′s play, and the effects of television. He has been President of the Division of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts in the American Psychological Association. In 2008, he was awarded the Rudolf Arnheim Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts from the American Psychological Association, and in 2009, the Paul Farnsworth Award for Lifetime Contribution and Service, Division 10, American Psychological Association.

Content is current and relevant to issues surrounding children and the media. Also, this book is well written for an upper level course. I am adopting the text for an online course.

• 01 - The Use of Television and Other Film-Related Media - George Comstock02 - The Role of Reading for Children and Adolescents in a Digital Age - Roger Desmond03 - Children, The Internet, and Other New Technologies - Todd Tarpley04 - Digital Media and Youth: Games, Internet and Development - Kaveri Subrahmanyam, Patricia Greenfield05 - Social Networking, Social Gaming, Texting - Yong Zhao, Wei Qiu, Naiyi Xie06 - Attention, Comprehension, and the Educational Influences of Television - David Bickham, Aletha Huston, Marie Schmidt07 - Television as an Incidental Language Teacher - Alice Howard, Lara Mayeaux, Letitia Naigles08 - Television and the Child′s Developing Imagination - Patti Valkenburg, Sandra Calvert09 - Creating Vigilance for Better Learning From Television - Jennings Bryant10 - Effects of Prosocial TV Content on Children′s Social Interactions - Marie-Louise Mares, Emory Woodard11 - The Media and Children′s Fears, Anxieties, and Sleep Disturbances - Joanne Cantor12 - Effects of Media Violence on Aggression - Brad Bushman, L. Rowell Huesman13 - Prosocial, Antisocial, and Educational Effects of Recreational Video Games - Craig Anderson, Karen Dill, Doug Gentile14 - Research on Sex in the Media: What Do We Know About Effects on Children and Adolescents - Stacy Smith, Ed Donnerstein, Neil Malamuth15 - Media and Identity Development - Nina Huntemann, Michael Morgan16 - Television′s Gender Role Images and Contribution to Stereotyping: Past, Present, Future - Nancy Signorielli17 - Media and the Family - Robert Kubey, Smita Banerjee, Barna Donavan18 - Television, Children, and Multicultural Awareness: Comprehending the Medium in a Complex Multimedia Society - Joy Asamen, Gordon Berry19 - PRIX JEUNESSE as a Force for Cultural Diversity - David Kleeman20 - Children and Media in a Global Perspective - Cecilia Von Feilitzen21 - Children and Television Advertising - Dale Kunkel, Jessica Castonguay22 - Children, Adolescents, Drugs, and the Media - Victor Strasburger23 - Food Advertising: Targeting Children in a Toxic Environment - Katherine Horgen, Kelly Brownell, Jennifer Harris24 - Popular Music: The Soundtrack of Adolescence - Donald Roberts, Peter Christenson25 - The Economic Structure of the Commercial Electronic Children′s Media Industries - J. Allen26 - The Children′s Television Business: Programming and Structure - Alison Alexander27 - The Role of Research and Evaluation in Educational Media - Michael Cohen, Joseph Caliguro28 - Hazards and Possibilities of Commercial Media in the Schools - Ellen Wartella, Nancy Jennings29 - Policies and Regulations Regarding Children′s Exposure to the Electronic Media - Dale Kunkel, Brian Wilcox30 - Industry Standards and Practices: Compliance with the Children′s Television Act - Karen Hill-Scott31 - Child and Parent Responses to the Age-Based and Content-Based Television Ratings - Bradley Greenberg, Lynn Rampoldi-Hnilo32 - Safeguards for Youth in the Digital Marketing Ecosystem - Kathryn Montgomery33 - Public Policy and Private Practice: Government Regulations and Parental Control of Children′s Television Use in the Home - Amy Jordan34 - Parents and Other Adults: Models and Monitors of Healthy Media Habits - Marjorie Hogan35 - Media Literacy and Critical Television Viewing in Education - Mami Komaya36 - Children′s Advocacy Groups: A History and Analysis - Laurie Trotta