The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated their policy on media use for young children. Lead author Dr. Ari Brown, acknowledged that the original [...]
The Alliance for Children and Television, an industry organization that promotes the production of high-quality children’s programming, has released a response to the coverage in [...]
The debate about children and television rages on, with recent research articles supporting both sides. On one hand, screen time for young children can reduce [...]
Many children today spend more time with media than any other activity, save for sleeping. With technology getting faster, smarter, and smaller, parents are, more [...]
Kids are immersed in media these days. And while the use of computers, smartphones, and other mobile technologies continues to grow, television still dominates children’s [...]
The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released a report called Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds, which provides information about children’s media [...]
Listening to Spark over the weekend, CBC Radio’s technology show, raised some interesting questions about our children’s online experience. With instant messaging, email, and virtual [...]
Gamers and their parents are likely to be aware of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board’s (ESRB) rating system for video games, whether they use them [...]
Probably the most talked about, debated, and studied topic in media research is media violence. Researchers have spent decades studying media violence, its prevalence on [...]