Development in the Digital Age

Write an additional 1 to 2 pages to the paper you began in Week 1. Based on the information you assembled for your paper in Week 1:

· Explain which media theories or hypotheses (displacement, cultivation effects, modeling, desensitization) you believe most directly impact the behaviors and human development you identified in Week 1 and why.

Resources

Required Readings

Mathiesen, K. (2013). The Internet, children, and privacy: the case against parental monitoring. Ethics & Information Technology, 15(4), 263–274. DOI: 10.1007/s10676-013-9323-4

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Lerner, C., & Barr, R. (2014). Screen sense: Setting the record straight. Research-based guidelines for screen use for children under 3 years old. Retrieved from https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/1200-screen-sense-full-white-paper

Theory Articles

Cultivation Effects

Chung, J. E. (2014). Medical dramas and viewer perception of health: Testing cultivation effects. Human Communication Research, 40(3), 333–349. DOI: 10.1111/hcre.12026

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Modeling and Desensitization

Funk, J. B., Buchman, D. D., Jenks, J., & Bechtoldt, H. (2003). Playing violent video games, desensitization, and moral evaluation in children. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24(4), 413–436. DOI: 10.1016/S0193-3973(03)00073-X

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Hull, J. G., Draghici, A. M., & Sargent, J. D. (2012). A longitudinal study of risk-glorifying video games and reckless driving. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 1(4), 244–253. 10.1037/a0029510

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.