What kind of adults will our children become? The impact of growing up in a media-saturated world

Journal of Children and Media

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 13-20

  Wartella, Ellen ^a   Beaudoin Ryan, Leanne ^a   Blackwell, Courtney K ^a   Cingel, Drew P ^a   Hurwitz, Lisa B ^a   Lauricella, Alexis R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children and media; Developmental trajectories; Research agenda; Scaffolds; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010902665     PISSN: 17482798     EISSN: 17482801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482798.2015.1124796     Document Type: Article

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