Kids and Media in America

Roberts, Donald F.; Foehr, Ulla G.; Rideout, Victoria J.; Brodie, Mollyanne

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“…I n an ever-more saturated media environment, media multitasking-a person's consumption of more than one item or stream of content at the same time-is becoming an increasingly prevalent phenomenon, especially among the young (1). Researchers have examined the immediate effects of multitasking, and of media multitasking in particular, on memory, learning, and cognitive functioning (2)(3)(4).…”

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Cognitive control in media multitaskers

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Wagner

2009

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Chronic media multitasking is quickly becoming ubiquitous, although processing multiple incoming streams of information is considered a challenge for human cognition. A series of experiments addressed whether there are systematic differences in information processing styles between chronically heavy and light media multitaskers. A trait media multitasking index was developed to identify groups of heavy and light media multitaskers. These two groups were then compared along established cognitive control dimensions. Results showed that heavy media multitaskers are more susceptible to interference from irrelevant environmental stimuli and from irrelevant representations in memory. This led to the surprising result that heavy media multitaskers performed worse on a test of task-switching ability, likely due to reduced ability to filter out interference from the irrelevant task set. These results demonstrate that media multitasking, a rapidly growing societal trend, is associated with a distinct approach to fundamental information processing.attention ͉ cognition ͉ executive function ͉ multitasking ͉ working memory

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“…The response time difference was driven by responses to those trials where an See Commentary on page 15521. 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nass@stanford.edu.…”

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Cognitive control in media multitaskers

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2009

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“…The average child in the United States today spends more than 3 h a day watching television or playing video games and another 3 h with other forms of media such as movies and prerecorded music. 36 So far, children in China spend significantly less time than their US counterparts with such sedentary media, but if US patterns prevail, we should expect that Chinese children will spend more time attending to the media in the future. Similarly, CHNS data for 1997 found that children aged 6-12 y watched TV at an average of 0.77 h per day, with slightly lower levels, 0.52 h per day, in children aged 13-18 y; overall, about 9% reporting watching TV for two or more hours per day.…”

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The nutrition transition: worldwide obesity dynamics and their determinants

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OBJECTIVE: This paper explores the major changes in diet and physical activity patterns around the world and focuses on shifts in obesity. DESIGN: Review of results focusing on large-scale surveys and nationally representative studies of diet, activity, and obesity among adults and children. SUBJECTS: Youth and adults from a range of countries around the world. MEASUREMENTS: The International Obesity Task Force guidelines for defining overweight and obesity are used for youth and the body mass index Z25 kg/m 2 and 30 cutoffs are used, respectively, for adults. RESULTS: The nutrition transition patterns are examined from the time period termed the receding famine pattern to one dominated by nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases (NR-NCDs). The speed of dietary and activity pattern shifts is great, particularly in the developing world, resulting in major shifts in obesity on a worldwide basis. Data limitations force us to examine data on obesity trends in adults to provide a broader sense of changes in obesity over time, and then to examine the relatively fewer studies on youth. Specifically, this work provides a sense of change both in the United States, Europe, and the lower-and middle-income countries of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. CONCLUSION: The paper shows that changes are occurring at great speed and at earlier stages of the economic and social development of each country. The burden of obesity is shifting towards the poor.

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“…Similarly, the average American youth listens to music 1.5 to 2.5 hours per day, not including the time they are exposed to music via music videos (Roberts, Foehr, & Rideout, 2003). Other research (Rentfrow & Gosling, 2003) also revealed that people consider music an important aspect of their lives, which is at least as important as most other leisure activities.…”

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Effects of songs with prosocial lyrics on prosocial thoughts, affect, and behavior

Greitemeyer

2009

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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"Previous research has shown that exposure to violent media increased aggression-related affect and thoughts, physiological arousal, and aggressive behavior as well as decreased prosocial tendencies. The present research examined the hypothesis that exposure to prosocial media promotes prosocial outcomes. Three studies revealed that listening to songs with prosocial (relative to neutral) lyrics increased the accessibility of prosocial thoughts, led to more interpersonal empathy, and fostered helping behavior. These results provide first evidence for the predictive validity of the General Learning Model [Buckley, K. E., & Anderson, C. A. (2006). A theoretical model of the effects and consequences of playing video games. In P. Vorderer, & J. Bryant, (Eds.), Playing video games: Motives responses and consequences (pp. 363–378). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates] for the effects of media with prosocial content on prosocial thought, feeling, and behavior." [author's abstract

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Kids and Media in America

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Cognitive control in media multitaskers

Cognitive control in media multitaskers

The nutrition transition: worldwide obesity dynamics and their determinants

Effects of songs with prosocial lyrics on prosocial thoughts, affect, and behavior

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