Amy Jordan, Ph.D., Director of APPC’s Media and the Developing Child program, was guest editor of a volume of the Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 5, Number 1) focused on international perspectives on children’s media policy.
Media and the Developing Child
Textbook Co-Authored by Amy Jordan receives favorable review
Children, Adolescents, and the Media (Second Edition, 2008, Sage), co-authored by APPC’s Amy B. Jordan, Ph.D., with Victor C. Strasburger, M.D., University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and Barbara J. Wilson, Ph.D., Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was reviewed in the Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 4, No. 4, 2010). Reviewer John
Op-Ed by APPC researchers Amy Jordan, Amy Bleakley, and Michael Hennessy appears in Philadelphia Inquirer
An op-ed written by Amy Jordan, Ph.D., director of APPC’s Media and the Developing Child area, and APPC Health Communication scholars Amy Bleakley, Ph.D., and Michael Hennessy, Ph.D., appears in the April 7 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer. In the piece, titled “Media have a role in sex ed,” the authors argue that media should
Dr. Amy Jordan published in Pediatrics
Amy Jordan, Ph.D., head of APPC’s Media and the Developing Child program, Ed Donnerstein, Ph.D., of the University of Arizona, and lead author Victor Strasburger, M.D., of the University of New Mexico, were published today in Pediatrics online. The paper, “Health Effects of Media on Children and Adolescents,” will appear in hardcopy in April. Article
Dr. Amy Jordan Delivers Testimony at Philadelphia City Council Hearings on Obesity Awareness
On Wednesday, February 24, Dr. Amy Jordan, head of APPC’s Media and the Developing Child program, provided testimony at Philadelphia City Council hearings on the complex challenges facing Philadelphia in the fight against obesity. The hearings – part of a larger initiative to promote healthy eating and physical activity in the community – aimed to
APPC Research Cited in FCC Report
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently issued the report: “Implementation of the Child Safe Viewing Act; Examination of Parental Control Technologies for Video or Audio Programming” (August 31, 2009). The report to Congress frequently cites the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s early assessment of the efficacy of the V-Chip television blocking technology. Lead author Amy
New Textbook Co-Authored by Amy Jordan
The textbook Children, Adolescents, and the Media (Second Edition, 2008, Sage) is now available. Amy B. Jordan, Ph.D., director of the Media and the Developing Child sector of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, is co-author of the book, along with Victor C. Strasburger, MD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and Barbara J. Wilson, Ph.D.,
Amy Jordan on Children and Electronic Media
Amy Jordan, director of the Media and the Developing Child sector of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, has authored “Children’s Media Policy,” the final article in the latest issue of the journal The Future of Children, which is devoted exclusively to children and electronic media. The journal is a collaboration of the Woodrow Wilson School of