Last 2 sections of study guid

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Know the statistics on family composition/dynamics and TV/media consumption. 

age 2-17 watch an average of 25 hours of tv a week

one in 5 watches more than 35 hours of tv a week

children of married parents watcher 23 hours/week

children of divorced parents watch 29 hours/week

Children from single-parent households watch 34 hours/week.

Understand the different ways in which parents regulate media use of their children and the risks and benefits of each, as well as how to relate these risks and benefits to different age groups (i.e., active mediation, restrictive mediation, and co-viewing). 

Active mediation

• involves conversations about television content and format

• ton may be positive or negative, which in turn can influence the message received by the child

  
  

Restrictive Mediation

• explicit rules about what media can be consumed and when and for how long

Coviewing

• parents discussing media content while consuming

Know Ecological (Systems) Theory. 

• psychologists need to do a better job of measuring the environmental contexts that shape a child development

• microsystem - people and settings of daily life

• mesosystem - intersection of individual microsystems (school and parent

• exosystem - social settings that influence a childs development but in which the child doesnt have a direct role

• macrosystem - broader cultural context that shapes attitudes

Using Baumrind’s two dimensions of parenting [responsiveness (aka sensitivity) and demandingness], describe the four parenting style types and the risks and benefits of each.  

high/low expectation of self control - whether a parent sets limitations an depectations

high/low sensitivity - whether a parent has sensitivity in decision making to a child’s emotional state

authoritative - high expectation/high sensitivity

authoritarian - high expectation/low sensitivity

permissive - low expectation/high sensitivity

neglectful - low expectation/low sensitivity

• Recognize the benefits of eating family meals without screens 

Children from families with high television use during meals, got more daily calories from meat, pizza, soda and salty snacks, and less calories from fruits/vegetables.

shapes interpersonal relationships, less eye contact, more physical touching

more communication, better mental health, better eating habits

• Know the definition of a constant TV home  

children of parents who believed educational tv to be important are likely constant tv households

constant tv exposure led to poorer quality of parent-child play

• Know how to deconstruct an advertisement (as performed in class). 

asks for technical, economic, cultural, ethical, social, and health evaluation by the students by use of critical thinking

• Know the definition of media literacy. 

the ability to critically consume and create many kinds of media

• Understand the potential benefits of media literacy. 

help:

• understand how media messages create meaning

• identify who created a particular message

• recognize what media maker wants us to believe or do

• recognize bias, spin, misinformation and potential dishonesty

• become advocates for change in our media system

• Know the traits of a media literacy advocate. 

• someone who has learned the skills of media literacy

• negotiates meaning with media perceptively actively and systematically

• accepts learning the issues of media literacy as a lifelong task

• studies and teaches

• Understand the critical importance of media literacy 

enrich lives

impart a more complex understanding of media compositions, effects, forms , and aesthetics

deeper appreciate of some media over other