CHAPTER 3 – SUMMARY NOTES
Listen to the lecture and complete the summary notes. Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each blank.
Introduction
Topic: New trends in (1) __children in media’s use_____________________
Main idea 1: new trends in media use
Main idea 2: surprising (2) __results_____________________
Background:
o Media used since waking up (email, TV, (3) __ipod____________________)
o 50 years ago (mid 20th): in USA existed only TV, radio, movies, records, (4) _print
media______________________
o Now (21st):
Larger (5) _afraid technology available____________________: VCRs, DVRs, CDs, DVDs,
computers
Online activities: email, (6) ____gaming, music streaming___________________ …
Technology is always changing
Faster
Cheaper more owner
(7) More portable____________________
Internet, cable/ satellite technology people can get (8) information and entertainment mostly
everywhere.
Conclude: media more convenient; life (9) ___increasingly media____________________ children grow up
in (10) _increasingly media-rich environment______________________
New trends in media use
2004 study
o Kids 8 – 18: spend 6.5 hrs/ day doing media-related activities > adults doing full time job/day
o Expose (11) ________8.5 hours_______________/ day doing media
o Why spending 6.5 hrs – exposing 8.5 hrs?
doing several kinds of media concurrently new trend: (12) __
multitasking_____________________
Example:
Music + video games + reading
Surf internet + watch TV
Youth: (13) _____more skilled__________________ at doing more than 1 task at a time
o Positive or negative impacts: not sure
Use more types or media, spend the same amount of time 5 yrs ago
Use more intensively, increase multitasking
Example: recent study – 26% media time: multitasking
# children have access to media in bedrooms
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o In USA, children with VCR/ DVD in room: 1999 – 36%; 2004 – 45%
o Children with TV: 3.5 hrs/ day vs. 2 hrs/ day (children without TV)
o Use other media more
Surprising results
Negative opinion:
o Lower (14) ___test scored____________________ and shorter (15) ___attention
span____________________
o Too dependent on visual media
No (16) __patience to read__________________ long text, hurt school work
Positive opinion:
o Much exposure: prepare for real life
Life full of (17) __media and images___________________
Live and work in that world
o Good at (18) __shifting_____________________, paying attention to interesting things
Skill of monitoring, coordinating many tasks at a time = benefit
CEOs (19) ____supervise many people___________________, different projects
Multitasking + confidence with media use = (20) ___essential skills____________________ for
workplace
Conclusion
o Continue to study the changes in media use
o Not infer that the changes are good or bad
Consider how new technology and the ways of using affect kids
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