Children's Journeys Through the Information Age by Sandra Calvert addresses many of the issues surrounding our culture's continuing immersion into technology, looking particularly at the current and emerging information technologies influencing children. Calvert poses questions about the effects of these technologies and discusses their meaning for parents, teachers, and policymakers. For instance, Calvert looks at specific software designs and mediums (i.e. TV, Diskette, CD-ROM) to explore how gender role, ethnic, and racial stereotypes are carried to intended audiences through implicit messages in these programs.
Children's Journeys through the Information Age FROM THE PUBLISHER Children's Journeys Through the Information Age by Sandra Calvert addresses many of the issues surrounding our culture's continuing immersion into technology, looking particularly at the current and emerging information technologies influencing children. Calvert poses questions about the effects of these technologies and discusses their meaning for parents, teachers, and policymakers. For instance, Calvert looks at specific software designs and mediums (i.e. TV, Diskette, CD-ROM) to explore how gender role, ethnic, and racial stereotypes are carried to intended audiences through implicit messages in these programs.
FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Examines how children's journeys through the information age impact their development, focusing on the shift from observational to interactive technologies, technologies that present very realistic experiences, and the potential use of media to educate as it entertains. Looks at how characteristics such as age, gender, and ethnic background influence children's decisions to master different technologies. Addresses financial issues in media, and legislative and social policy initiatives to limit sex and violence in media. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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