YC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Consumerism, Instant Messaging, Media Consumption
31 May 2020
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Benefits and risks in tv and internet: tv noted to have negative effects on children"s cognitive development and educational achievement, disruption of concentration, sleep disturbances, access to internet was positively related to . Increased vocabulary (word recognition: media consumption was seen as safe provided, sufficient family income, stimulating home environment, supportive parents, other research suggests that . Instant messaging is associated with decreased literacy skills: applications at home and school were associated with increased literacy skills, parents are not equipped to assist children with internet use. Children, media, risk and the state: online risks for children, commercial exploitation, sexual exposure, pornographic or sexual content, exposure to radicalism, exposure to racism, online predators, cyberbullying. Lecture 7: media adopts moral panic" about stranger danger", stereotypical representations of stranger danger". In canada, federal government passed bill c 22 a legal obligation. Internet service providers are to report any content abusive to children: provincial legislation requires everyone to report child abuse and exploitation.
