Kids and Today’s Media

Victor Strasburger is a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist. He is the founding chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine and distinguished professor of pediatrics emeritus at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, where he has worked for the past 32 years.

Dr. Strasburger has done it again. No editor is more adept at recruiting the field's finest researchers and guiding them as they compose accessible, information rich, cutting-edge, literature syntheses. Kids and Today's Media is a "must-read" for medical professionals, educators, and scholars.

• PrefaceChapter 1: Why “Old” Media Matter More Than New Media Victor C. Strasburger, MDChapter 2: Social Media for Teens and Preteens - Good or Bad? Margie J. Hogan, MDChapter 3: Is Cyberbullying Worse than In-Person Bullying? Ed Donnerstein, PhDChapter 4: Prescription for an Infodemic: A Pedagogical Response in an Era of “Fake News” Christopher Sperry, PhDChapter 5: How Classroom Media Literacy Could Save the World – A very personal reflection Frank W. BakerChapter 6: Children’s Educational Media: Promises, Challenges, and Solutions Sandra L. Calvert, PhDChapter 7: Media violence and youth aggression – What is the role of education? Kristine Paulsen and Lt. Col. (Ret.) David Grossman