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Media Impact on Children

Media can be a positive influence in the lives of children and adolescents, but care is needed to avoid the negative side effects. This is the conclusion of a series of 10 short papers just released by the journal Children and Electronic Media. — Zenit.org

Zenit summarizes the research contained in these papers and concludes that “parents have to take responsibility for helping their children develop healthy media habits.”

Tags: advertising, Brookings Institution, children, Children and Electronic Media, cyberbullying, gaming, marketing, media, online chat, Princeton University, sex, technology, television, The Future of Children, video games, violence, Woodrow Wilson School

Cyberchastity

Sebastian Mahfood’s February 19th lecture on “cyberethics” will cover topics of particular interest to parents and their teenaged children, such as cyberbullying and cyberchastity. This article on the popularity of  “sexting” among Cincinnati teens should be required reading for all parents.

Tags: cyberbullying, cyberchastity, cyberethics, sexting