Subject
Research Guides
Communications:
Children & the Media
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of children and the media.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library's reference area:
| Child Development | REF HQ 772.C436 2002 |
| Childhood and Children; radio and television chapter | REF HQ 781.B45 1997 |
| Handbook of Children and the Media | REF HQ 784.T4 S533 2000 |
| Media Violence and Children | REF HQ 784.V55 M43 2003 |
| It’s Not the Media | REF HQ 799.2 M35 S84 2003 |
| Encyclopedia of Communication and Information, v. 1 | REF P87.5 E53 2002 |
| Ill Effects: The Media/Violence Debate | REF P96.V5 I55 2001 |
| Violence and the Media | REF P96.V5 N48 1996 |
| Encyclopedia of Television, v. 1; Children & Television | REF PN1992.18 E53 2004 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse HQ767-799 (child development), P87-96 (communications, mass media), and PN1560-2000 (performing arts & drama).
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- General Reference Center/InfoTrac: find articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- LexisNexis: Large database of newspaper articles.
- CQ Researcher: See “Broadcast Indecency,” “Children’s Television,” and “Movie Ratings.”
- Expanded Academic/InfoTrac: Academic articles. Search for “Mass Media and Children.”
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Communications.
- National Institute on Children and the Family
http://www.mediafamily.org/
a non-profit, non-partisan organization examining the impact of media on families. - Parents Television Council
http://www.parentstv.org
grassroots, non-partisan organization geared towards parents making media decisions. - American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org
Organization committed to preserving constitutional rights such as free speech. - Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org
see section of reports and research about the effect of media on children - Children’s digital media center
http://cdmc.georgetown.edu/
consortium of universities examining how media impacts child development - Center on Media and Child Health
http://www.cmch.tv/
Extensive literature collection about the impact media has on children’s health.