The results of the Common Sense Media survey this fall were reported widely in the news media. The major finding cited is that U.S. teens spend nine hours per day with media devices. Headlines declared: Teens spend nearly nine hours every day consuming media, Washington Post; Teens Spend an Average of 9 Hours a Day with Media, ABC; Teens spend an average of 9 hours a day with … [Read more...] about Media moral panic about screens and teens
‘We are the world’: Foreign news coverage and Midwestern children
As a non-native to this country and as an academic who moved to the Midwest from Israel a few years ago, I often have been baffled by what seems to be a very ethnocentric view applied when American journalists and academics relate to the rest of the world. For example, in my role as an editor of an international academic journal, I find myself routinely calling to the … [Read more...] about ‘We are the world’: Foreign news coverage and Midwestern children
Children’s exposure to disaster and violence in the news
Images of blood-covered children and horrified adults, sounds of howling winds and screaming people, live videos of approaching storms and devastating destruction have all permeated our media coverage of the recent tornado in Moore, Okla. Such news coverage, tagged “Disaster Marathon” by Tamar Liebes, an Israeli media researcher, represents common journalistic practices for … [Read more...] about Children’s exposure to disaster and violence in the news
‘Will this happen to me?’ Children’s exposure to disaster and violence in the news
Images of blood-covered children and horrified adults, sounds of howling winds and screaming people, live videos of approaching storms and devastating destruction have all permeated our media coverage of the recent tornado in Moore, Okla. Such news coverage, tagged “Disaster Marathon” by Tamar Liebes, an Israeli media researcher, represents common journalistic practices for … [Read more...] about ‘Will this happen to me?’ Children’s exposure to disaster and violence in the news