Cognitive Development in Digital Contexts investigates the impact of digital media on key aspects of children and adolescents' cognitive development, including attention, memory, language, and executive functioning. It also examines how children and adolescents evaluate the content presented to them via the diverse media they encounter, and how they understand the affordances of these media. In highlighting how digital media impacts cognitive development, the text addresses a topic often neglected amid societal concerns about pathological media use and vulnerability to media effects (notably aggression, cyber-bullying, and Internet addiction). Covers the impact of digital from both theoretical and practical perspectivesInvestigates effects of digital media on attention, memory, language and executive functioningExamines video games, texting, and virtual reality as contexts for learningExplores parent-child interactions around mediaConsiders the development of effective educational mediaAddresses media literacy and critical thinking about mediaConsiders social policy for increasing access to high quality education media and the InternetProvides guidance for parents on navigating children's technology usage INDICE: 1. Why Should We Examine the Impact of Screens on Cognitive Development2. Learning to Learn from Video3. Media Multi-Tasking4. Very young children in the digital age: Attention, learning and memory5. Effects of video game experience on perceptual and cognitive functions6. The role of parent-child interaction and play in young children's media usage7. Plugging into people: How interactive media can support early word learning8. Reading and Writing in Digital Contexts9. Effective Educational Media Development10. Parasocial relationships as a vehicle for promoting learning via educational media11. Contributing factors to media adoption among parents and children12. The development of media literacy competencies in children: A review of empowerment and protection perspectives13. Risks, opportunities and risky opportunities: how children make sense of the online environment14. How well do children and adolescents understand the complexity of the Internet?15. Common sense for parents navigating children's technology usage
- ISBN: 978-0-12-809481-5
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 375
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2017
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés