New Media 11 13 2014 New Media How are new media different from traditional media o Interface child touching leg after magazine not responding to their finger thought it was broken o Interactivity o Democratization of content If you don t like something you can change it Make alternate videos on YouTube Why are parents concerned optimistic o New technology old concerns Parents would rather spend their money on o Research in this area reflects the pattern of these concerns Starts with use turns to impact Video Games Video games have surpassed motion picture sales Children aged 2 7 play video games about an hour each day o Time with video games increases with age o Even preschoolers spend time with video games o Across all age groups boys spend more time with video games than girls do Why Not enough games geared towards girls Girls don t want to play Barbie online when they can create their own Best Selling Games of 2013 GTA V Call of Duty Ghosts FIFA 2014 Pokemon X Y Assassin s Creed IV Black Flag The Last of Us Animal Crossing New Leaf Tomb Raider Monster Hunter IV Bioshock Infinite o Tomb Raider is only one with female lead o Companies hire men to develop games and it is an ongoing cycle Potential effects negative Violence and Aggression o Most of the research has focused on this relationship Correlational studies experiments longitudinal studies Increase aggressive cognition affect and behavior Flaws in the research Do interactivity and realism matter Meta analysis Anderson Huesmann 2003 Conclusions o Same range as effects of substance abuse abusive parents and poverty on aggression o As compared to television violence Rating System Self Regulated Mostly age based with some content descriptors Problems o Ratings don t reflect content o Parents don t understand ratings Parents don t pay attention to ratings o Ratings not enforced Other negative impacts School performance is it displacement or something else Video game addiction is depression the cause or the outcome Potential effects Positive Prosocial behavior o Children sharing in their games will share in reality Education Games for health o Riley kids game being the chemotherapy and blasting Guest Lecturer Irene Nature vs Nurture 11 13 2014 Really interested in where it meets Video o Little baby sitting playing angry birds Research Technology Technology develops and then researchers follow steps Conceptual definition of new media o means of mass communication using digital technologies such as the internet survey o how much children use mobile devices 2011 5 min 2013 15 min o toddler 2011 10 2013 38 decreased traditional screen time down 31 mobile screen time up 10 New Media New Concerns Content violence sex stereotyping o Accessibility information buying o Interactivity Social Connection Face to face interaction embodiment The ability to be alone Self reflection Identity formation Is technology making us stupid o Reading books online vs traditional way More effort than it use to o Nicholas Carr interruptions Multitasking People who are worst at it do it most o How much you do it is usually underestimated o 12 Underestimation of own behavior Social well being Social content o Makes us feel neglected o Quantity vs quality A lot of connections but not face to face Replacement of actual real relationships is not as fulfilling o Psychological process as you re looking at your fb feed Usually positive rarely negative Self promotion But if all you do is read about good things happening to others ultimately you re going to feel bad about yourself School performance Print media television computer based video music nonmusic audio video games telephone calls instant messaging SMS email web surfing other computer based applications Self Regulation Social cognitive theory Bandura You Goal Mediating external influences Anticipating effects Self reflection self reaction In comparison to self or others Requires effort and energy Deplete replenish Inhibition Delayed gratification effective development external rewards punishments o internal regulation o short lived rewards for liking pictures requires exercise self efficacy memory sustained attention self esteem identity emotion regulation external environment internal body media use self regulation are interacting with each other emotion self regulation fast paced TV frequent interruptions o vs desire to feel connected entertained mental health addiction concentration adhd eating obesity aggression violence school performance so the ability to be alone self reflection identity formation mindfulness meditation Regulation and Children s Media Policy Final Over 11 13 2014 Video games New technology Public policy Media and the family Microtheme 3 Defend the thesis that public policy has dramatically changed the landscape of media for children First pass 7 The way your family navigated media use Mom hates the voice but her daughter loves it o Spending time with daughter so she watches it Television and Legislation Communications Act of 1934 create the FCC really only thing you need to know o distribute licenses o put into place some type of governing body that controls who gets access to public airways important in later acts bc they make sure educational programming gets covered Family Viewing Hour 1975 now void 1974 Born Innocent was shown on television by NBC o brutal lesbian rape scene 7 pm o violent commercials leading up to broadcast o real life rape of young girl men got the idea from the show FCC chairman said ABC NBC CBS had to use public airways more responsibly o Instituting a family viewing hour o Content has to be free of violence sex profanity o Have to have family friendly content at night when we know kids are watching 3 networks didn t like it at first o All in the Family Archie Bunker 7 Moved it further back and ratings dropped Filed a lawsuit saying it violates 1st amendment o More family friendly earlier in the evening and worse ones later at night o Fined the FCC for putting something violent on at 7 Children s TV Act of 1990 FCC said in order to renew your license you have to provide educational programming minimize advertising Microtheme public policy has changed for the better Telecommunications Act of 1996 conglomeration of several companies the V chip o electronic filtering device o had to have V chip in place 4 years to comply act begun by senator that was watching tv with grandson and appalled by terminator on at 8 controversial bc a rating system was needed o