Cognitive Development in Digital Contexts investigates the impact of screen media on key aspects of children and adolescents’ cognitive development. Highlighting how screen media impact cognitive development, the book addresses a topic often neglected amid societal concerns about pathological media use and vulnerability to media effects, such as aggression, cyber-bullying and Internet addiction. It addresses children and adolescents’ cognitive development involving their interactions with parents, early language development, imaginary play, attention, memory, and executive control, literacy and academic performance.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. vii 6. Preface - p. ix 7. Media Use as a Context for Cognitive Development: What is and Should be Known? - p. xi 8. Section 1: Young Children’s Learning From Digital Media - p. xx 9. Chapter 1: Screen Media and the Youngest Viewers: Implications for Attention and Learning - p. xx 10. Chapter 2: Early Digital Literacy: Learning to Watch, Watching to Learn - p. 28 11. Chapter 3: The Effects of Parent-Child Interaction and Media Use on Cognitive Development in Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers - p. 51 12. Chapter 4: Plugging Into Word Learning: The Role of Electronic Toys and Digital Media in Language Development - p. 74 13. Chapter 5: Parasocial Relationships With Media Characters: Imaginary Companions for Young Children's Social and Cognitive Development - p. 91 14. Section 2: Children and Adolescents’ Cognitive Skills as Enhanced Via Media - p. 117 15. Chapter 6: Young Minds on Video Games - p. 117 16. Chapter 7: Playing With Virtual Blocks: Minecraft as a Learning Environment for Practice and Research - p. 143 17. Chapter 8: The Impact of Digital Media on Executive Planning and Performance in Children, Adolescents, and Emerging Adults - p. 166 18. Chapter 9: Immersive Virtual Reality and the Developing Child - p. 180 19. Chapter 10: Digital Childhoods and Literacy Development: Is Textspeak a Special Case of an “Efficient Orthography”? - p. 200 20. Chapter 11: Bridging Theory and Practice: Applying Cognitive and Educational Theory to the Design of Educational Media - p. 216 21. Section 3: Media Literacy as a Cognitive Skill - p. 234 22. Chapter 12: Understanding the Technical and Social Complexity of the Internet: A Cognitive Developmental Resource Perspective - p. 234 23. Chapter 13: Measuring the Digital and Media Literacy Competencies of Children and Teens - p. 251 24. Chapter 14: Risks, Opportunities, and Risky Opportunities: How Children Make Sense of the Online Environment - p. 274 25. Section 4: Policy and Practice Recommendations for Facilitating Learning From Media - p. 302 26. Chapter 15: Children's Learning in a Mobile Media Environment: Policies, Practices, and Possibilities - p. 302 27. Chapter 16: How Parents Mediate Children's Media Consumption - p. 324 28. Index - p. 345
Cognitive Development in Digital Contexts investigates the impact of screen media on key aspects of children and adolescents’ cognitive development. Highlighting how screen media impact cognitive development, the book addresses a topic often neglected amid societal concerns about pathological media use and vulnerability to media effects, such as aggression, cyber-bullying and Internet addiction. It addresses children and adolescents’ cognitive development involving their interactions with parents, early language development, imaginary play, attention, memory, and executive control, literacy and academic performance.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. vii 6. Preface - p. ix 7. Media Use as a Context for Cognitive Development: What is and Should be Known? - p. xi 8. Section 1: Young Children’s Learning From Digital Media - p. xx 9. Chapter 1: Screen Media and the Youngest Viewers: Implications for Attention and Learning - p. xx 10. Chapter 2: Early Digital Literacy: Learning to Watch, Watching to Learn - p. 28 11. Chapter 3: The Effects of Parent-Child Interaction and Media Use on Cognitive Development in Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers - p. 51 12. Chapter 4: Plugging Into Word Learning: The Role of Electronic Toys and Digital Media in Language Development - p. 74 13. Chapter 5: Parasocial Relationships With Media Characters: Imaginary Companions for Young Children's Social and Cognitive Development - p. 91 14. Section 2: Children and Adolescents’ Cognitive Skills as Enhanced Via Media - p. 117 15. Chapter 6: Young Minds on Video Games - p. 117 16. Chapter 7: Playing With Virtual Blocks: Minecraft as a Learning Environment for Practice and Research - p. 143 17. Chapter 8: The Impact of Digital Media on Executive Planning and Performance in Children, Adolescents, and Emerging Adults - p. 166 18. Chapter 9: Immersive Virtual Reality and the Developing Child - p. 180 19. Chapter 10: Digital Childhoods and Literacy Development: Is Textspeak a Special Case of an “Efficient Orthography”? - p. 200 20. Chapter 11: Bridging Theory and Practice: Applying Cognitive and Educational Theory to the Design of Educational Media - p. 216 21. Section 3: Media Literacy as a Cognitive Skill - p. 234 22. Chapter 12: Understanding the Technical and Social Complexity of the Internet: A Cognitive Developmental Resource Perspective - p. 234 23. Chapter 13: Measuring the Digital and Media Literacy Competencies of Children and Teens - p. 251 24. Chapter 14: Risks, Opportunities, and Risky Opportunities: How Children Make Sense of the Online Environment - p. 274 25. Section 4: Policy and Practice Recommendations for Facilitating Learning From Media - p. 302 26. Chapter 15: Children's Learning in a Mobile Media Environment: Policies, Practices, and Possibilities - p. 302 27. Chapter 16: How Parents Mediate Children's Media Consumption - p. 324 28. Index - p. 345
