Victor Strasburger is a pediatrician and media expert who has lectured on 5 continents and in 48 of 50 U.S. states. He has appeared on Today, Oprah, CBS This Morning, National Public Radio, and in major newspapers and magazines.

While media, screens and technology are embedded into our modern world, there is a growing and critical need for research and advice to help us understand the effects of media on children. Dr. Victor C. Strasburger and his amazing line-up of experts helps us navigate what is currently known, and what must be figured out to save and protect our current and next generation of children.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Children, Adolescents, and the Media: Is There a Problem? (Victor C. Strasburger, M.D.)Chapter 1: The 7 +/- 2 Deadly Sins of Video Game Violence Research El-Lim Kim, M.S., Craig A. Anderson, Ph.D., Douglas A. Gentile, Ph.D.Chapter 2: Should Internet Addiction and Gaming Addiction be Categorized as Disorders Wayne Warburton, Ph.D.Chapter 3: Does Pornography Affect Teenagers? Paul J. Wright, Ph.D.Chapter 4: Lessons from the Dunedin Study Helena M. McAnally, Ph.D., and R.J. Hancox, M.D., MRCP (UK)Chapter 5: The Rise and Fall of Screen TimeSona Livingstone, DPhil (Oxon, OBE)Chapter 6: Why the Densentization Effect Matters Most Jeanne Funk Brockmyer, Ph.D.About the Editor and Contributors

Victor Strasburger is a pediatrician and media expert who has lectured on 5 continents and in 48 of 50 U.S. states. He has appeared on Today, Oprah, CBS This Morning, National Public Radio, and in major newspapers and magazines.

While media, screens and technology are embedded into our modern world, there is a growing and critical need for research and advice to help us understand the effects of media on children. Dr. Victor C. Strasburger and his amazing line-up of experts helps us navigate what is currently known, and what must be figured out to save and protect our current and next generation of children.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Children, Adolescents, and the Media: Is There a Problem? (Victor C. Strasburger, M.D.)Chapter 1: The 7 +/- 2 Deadly Sins of Video Game Violence Research El-Lim Kim, M.S., Craig A. Anderson, Ph.D., Douglas A. Gentile, Ph.D.Chapter 2: Should Internet Addiction and Gaming Addiction be Categorized as Disorders Wayne Warburton, Ph.D.Chapter 3: Does Pornography Affect Teenagers? Paul J. Wright, Ph.D.Chapter 4: Lessons from the Dunedin Study Helena M. McAnally, Ph.D., and R.J. Hancox, M.D., MRCP (UK)Chapter 5: The Rise and Fall of Screen TimeSona Livingstone, DPhil (Oxon, OBE)Chapter 6: Why the Densentization Effect Matters Most Jeanne Funk Brockmyer, Ph.D.About the Editor and Contributors

Victor Strasburger is a pediatrician and media expert who has lectured on 5 continents and in 48 of 50 U.S. states. He has appeared on Today, Oprah, CBS This Morning, National Public Radio, and in major newspapers and magazines.

While media, screens and technology are embedded into our modern world, there is a growing and critical need for research and advice to help us understand the effects of media on children. Dr. Victor C. Strasburger and his amazing line-up of experts helps us navigate what is currently known, and what must be figured out to save and protect our current and next generation of children.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Children, Adolescents, and the Media: Is There a Problem? (Victor C. Strasburger, M.D.)Chapter 1: The 7 +/- 2 Deadly Sins of Video Game Violence Research El-Lim Kim, M.S., Craig A. Anderson, Ph.D., Douglas A. Gentile, Ph.D.Chapter 2: Should Internet Addiction and Gaming Addiction be Categorized as Disorders Wayne Warburton, Ph.D.Chapter 3: Does Pornography Affect Teenagers? Paul J. Wright, Ph.D.Chapter 4: Lessons from the Dunedin Study Helena M. McAnally, Ph.D., and R.J. Hancox, M.D., MRCP (UK)Chapter 5: The Rise and Fall of Screen TimeSona Livingstone, DPhil (Oxon, OBE)Chapter 6: Why the Densentization Effect Matters Most Jeanne Funk Brockmyer, Ph.D.About the Editor and Contributors