Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media/ edited by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett.

" A Sage reference publication."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editorial board -- list of entries -- Reader's guide -- About the editor -- About the associate editors -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Volume 1. A-K -- Volume 2. L-Z -- Index.

v. 1. Action for Children's Television (ACT) -- Adolescents, Developmental Needs of, and Media -- Adolescents, Media Portrayals of -- Adolescents, Movie Portrayals of -- Adult Mediation of Advertising Effects -- Adult Mediation Strategies -- Adult Mediation of Violence Effects -- Advertising, Body Image and -- Advertising, Deceptive Practices in -- Advertising, Effects on Adolescents -- Advertising, Effects on Children -- Advertising, Ethnicity/Race in -- Advertising, Exposure to -- Advertising, Gender and -- Advertising, Health and -- Advertising, Host Selling and -- Advertising, Intended vs. Unintended Effects of -- Advertising, Market Size and -- Advertising, Materialism and -- Advertising, Parent-Child Conflict and -- Advertising, Persuasive Intent of -- Advertising, Program-Length Commercials in -- Advertising, Purchase Requests and -- Advertising, Regulation of -- Advertising, Sexuality in -- Advertising, Viewer Age and -- Advertising Campaigns, Prosocial -- Advertising on Children's Programs -- Advertising Council, The -- Advertising in Girls' Magazines -- African Americans, Media Effects on -- African Americans, Media Images of -- African Americans, Media Use by -- Agenda Cutting -- Agenda Setting -- Aggression, Advertising and -- Aggression, Electronic Games and -- Aggression, Movies and -- Aggression, Music and -- Aggression, Music Videos and -- Aggression, Television and -- Alcohol Advertising, Effects of -- Alcohol Advertising, International -- American Academy of Pediatrics -- Anime -- Anti-Drug Media Campaigns -- Appreciation Index -- Arousal Theories -- Asia, Media Use in -- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) -- Bedrooms, Media Use in -- Body Image, Ethnicity/Race and -- Body Image in Boys and Young Men -- Body Image in Children -- Body Image in Girls and Young Women -- Books for Adolescents -- Books for Children -- Boy Bands -- Branding -- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) -- Cartoons, Educational -- Cartoons, Gender Representation in -- Cartoons, History of -- Cartoons, Violence in -- Catharsis Theory -- Chat Rooms -- Chat Rooms, Social and Linguistic Processes in -- Child-Centered vs. Media-Centered Perspectives -- Childhood, Media Portrayals of -- Child Pornography -- Children Now -- Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU) -- Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000 (CIPA) -- Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) -- Children's Television Act of 1990 -- Children's Television Charter -- Choice in Media Use -- Cigarette Advertising, Effects of -- Cigarette Advertising, History of -- Cigarette Use, Music Videos and -- Cigarette Use in Television and Movies -- Cognitive Development, Media and -- Cognitive Script Theory -- Cognitive Skills, Computer Use and -- Comic Books, Superheroes in -- Comics, Daily Newspaper -- Comic Strips, Gender Stereotypes in -- Commercial Television and Radio in Schools -- Commercial Television in Schools: Channel One -- Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) -- Computer Use, Age Differences in -- Computer Use, Gender and -- Computer Use, International -- Computer Use, Rates of -- Computer Use, Socialization and -- Computer Use in Schools -- Consumer Development, Phases of -- Consumerism -- Contraceptive Advertising -- Contraceptive Information, Online -- Contraceptive Information, Television and -- Coviewing -- Cuing and Priming -- Cultivation Theory -- Cultural Identity -- Daytime Talk Shows -- Depression, Media Use and -- Desensitization Effects -- Designated Driver Advertising Campaigns -- Developmental Differences, Media and -- Digital Divide -- Digital Literacy -- Disney -- Displacement Effect -- Drug Use, Depictions of -- Eating Disorders -- Eating Habits, Media Influence on -- E-Commerce -- Educational Television, Effects of -- Educational Television, History of -- Educational Television, Programming in -- Electronic Games, Addiction to -- Electronic Games, Age and -- Electronic Games, Cognitive Effects of -- Electronic Games, Cognitive Scripts and -- Electronic Games, Effects of -- Electronic Games, Gender and -- Electronic Games, High-Risk Players of -- Electronic Games, History of -- Electronic Games, International -- Electronic Games, Moral Behavior in -- Electronic Games, Positive Uses of -- Electronic Games, Rates of Use of -- Electronic Games, Types of -- Electronic Games, Violence in -- Electronic Media, Children's Use of -- Email -- Email Pen Pals -- Engaged Resistance -- Entertainment-Education, International -- Entertainment-Education in the United States -- Ethnicity, Race, and Media -- Ethnicity/Race, Media Effects on Identity -- Ethnicity/Race, Stereotyping -- Europe, Media Use in -- European Broadcasting Union (EBU) -- European Comparative Study -- Excitation-Transfer Theory -- Experience Sampling Method (ESM) -- Externalizing Behavior -- Family, Television Portrayals of -- Family Communication Patterns Model -- Family Environment, Media Effects on -- Family Relationships, Television and -- Fan Cultures -- Fantasy, Media Effects on -- Fantasy-Reality Distinction -- Fathers, Media Portrayals of -- Fear Reactions -- Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Advertising and -- Federal Communications Commission, Deregulation of Children's Programming and -- Federal Trade Commission (FTC) -- First Amendment -- Food Advertising, Content in -- Food Advertising, Eating Disorders and -- Food Advertising, Gender, Ethnicity, and Age -- Food Advertising, Influence of -- Food Advertising, International -- Food Advertising, Obesity and -- Food Advertising, Regulation of -- Food Advertising to Children -- Food and Beverage Advertising in Schools -- Forbidden Fruit Hypothesis -- Formal Features -- Gender, Media Use and -- Gender Identity Development -- Gender Roles in Magazines -- Gender Roles in Music -- Gender Roles on Television -- Gender Roles in Television Commercials -- General Aggression Model (GAM) -- Globalization, Media and -- Heroes, Identity, and Parasocial Interaction -- Hip Hop, Ethnicity/Race in -- Hip Hop, Female Performers of -- Hip Hop, Masculinity in -- Hip Hop, Portrayals of Women in -- Hip Hop, Violence in -- Hip Hop, Youth Culture and -- HIV/AIDS, Media Prevention Programs and -- Horror Films -- Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) -- Imagination, Effects of Television on -- Immigrants, Media Use by -- India, Media Use in -- Indigenous Media -- Individual Differences, Media Preferences and -- Infants and Toddlers, Developmental Needs of -- Infants and Toddlers, Media Exposure of -- Information Processing, Active vs. Passive Models of -- Information Processing, Developmental Differences and -- Instant Messaging -- Interactive Media -- Interactivity -- International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth, and Media -- Internet Blocking -- Internet Bulletin Boards -- Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) -- Internet Pornography, Effects of -- Internet Rating Systems -- Internet Relay Chat (IRC) -- Internet Use, Addiction to -- Internet Use, Age and -- Internet Use, Education and -- Internet Use, Gambling in -- Internet Use, Gender and -- Internet Use, HomeNet Study and -- Internet Use, International -- Internet Use, Positive Effects of -- Internet Use, Psychological Effects of -- Internet Use, Rates and Purposes of -- Internet Use, Social -- Internet Watch Foundation -- Intertextuality -- Japan, Media in -- Kaiser Family Foundation -- Knowledge Gap.

v. 2. Language, Impact of the Internet on -- Language Learning, Television and -- Latin America, Media Use in -- Latina/os, Media Effects on -- Latina/os, Media Images of -- Latina/os, Media Use by -- Licensing, Merchandising and -- Literacy -- Loneliness -- Magazines, Adolescent Boys' -- Magazines, Adolescent Girls' -- Magazines, Children's -- Manga (Japanese Comic Books) -- Mean World Syndrome -- Media, Future of -- Media, Meanings of -- Media Advocacy -- Media Celebrities -- Media Education, Family Involvement in -- Media Education, International -- Media Education, Political Socialization and -- Media Education, Schools and -- Media Education Foundation -- Media Effects -- Media Effects, Family Interactions and -- Media Effects, History of Research on -- Media Effects, Maltreated Children and -- Media Effects, Models of -- Media Entertainment -- Media Exposure -- Media Genre Preferences -- Media Journals -- Media Literacy, Aims and Purposes of -- Media Literacy, Approaches to -- Media Literacy, Key Concepts in -- Media Literacy Programs -- Media Matters Campaign -- Media Practice Model -- Message Interpretation Process Model -- Mobile Telephones -- Mood Management Theory -- Motherhood Project -- Mothers, Media Portrayals of -- Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) -- Movies, History of -- Movies, Perceived Realism of -- Movies, Rating Systems and -- Movies, Romantic Love in -- Movies, Sexuality in -- Movies, Substance Use in -- Movies, Violence in -- Movie Viewing, Adolescents' -- Movie Viewing, Children's -- Multimedia Toys -- Multitasking -- Multi-User Dungeons/Domains (MUDs) -- Music, Group Identity and -- Music, Impact of Violence in -- Music, Personal Identity and -- Music, Rebelliousness and -- Music, Transgressive History of -- Music Genres, Dance/House/Techno -- Music Genres, Heavy Metal -- Music Genres, Hip Hop -- Music Genres, History of -- Music Genres, Pop/Rock -- Music Listening, Age Effects on -- Music Listening, Gender Effects on -- Music Listening, Impact of -- Music Listening, Problem Behavior and -- Music Listening, Uses of -- Music Lyrics, Effects of -- Music Lyrics, Music Television and -- Music Videos, Amount of Viewing and -- Music Videos, Effects of -- Narrative Stories -- National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy -- National Commission on Adolescent Sexual Health -- National Television Violence Study -- Native Americans, Media Use by -- Natural Experiments, Impact on Community Activities -- Natural Experiments, Impact on Creativity and School Achievement -- Natural Experiments, Impact on Gender Roles -- News, Children's Exposure to -- News, Children's Responses to -- News, Portrayals of Children and Adolescents in -- Notel, Unitel, Multitel Study -- Obesity -- Obscenity -- Online Media, Agency and -- Online Relationships -- Parasocial Interaction -- Parental Advisory Labels and Rating Systems -- Parental Regulation of Children's Media -- Parenting Styles -- Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) -- Peer Groups, File Sharing Among -- Peer Groups, Impact of Media on -- Peer Groups, Influences on Media Use of -- Peer Groups, Joint Use of Media in -- Personal Web Pages -- Physiological Arousal -- Pornography, Internet -- Pornography, Magazines -- Pornography, Movies -- Pornography, Regulation of -- Pornography, U.S. Public Policy on -- Pornography, X-Rated Movies and -- Preschoolers, Media Impact on Developmental Needs of -- Priming Theory -- PRIX JEUNESSE Foundation -- Product Placements, Alcohol -- Product Placements, Cigarettes -- Product Placements, Food -- Profanity, Trends in -- Promotional Tie-Ins Public Health Campaigns -- Public Service Announcements (PSAs) -- Purchase Influence Attempts -- Radio, History of -- Radio, International -- Radio, Listeners' Age and Use of -- Rating Systems, Parental Use of -- Raves -- Reading, History of -- Reading, Impact of TV on -- Reading, Literacy and -- Reading, Patterns of -- Reality TV -- Regulation, Electronic Games -- Regulation, Industry Self-Regulation -- Regulation, Internet -- Regulation, Movies -- Regulation, Music -- Regulation, Radio -- Regulation, Television -- Relationship Marketing -- Research Methods, Content Analyses -- Research Methods, Ethical Issues in -- Research Methods, Ethnography -- Research Methods, Experimental Studies -- Research Methods, Field Studies -- Research Methods, Longitudinal Studies -- Research Methods, Meta-Analyses -- Research Methods, Natural Experiments -- Research Methods, Qualitative -- Research Methods, Questionnaires and Surveys -- Research Methods, Room Touring -- Schema Theory -- Schemas/Scripts, Aggressive -- Schemas/Scripts, Gender -- Schemas/Scripts, Sexual -- School-Age Children, Impact of the Media on -- Schools, Advertising/Marketing in -- Selective Exposure -- Selectivity -- Sensation Seeking -- Sesame Workshop -- Sex, Internet Solicitation of -- Sex, Media Impact on -- Sex in Television, Content Analysis of -- Sex in Television, Incidence and Themes -- Sex in Television, Perceived Realism of -- Sexual Content, Age and Comprehension of -- Sexual Information, Internet and -- Sexual Information, Teen Magazines and -- Sexual Minorities, Portrayals of -- Sexual Risk and Responsibility, Portrayals of -- Sexualization of Children -- Sexualized Violence -- Sitcoms -- Soap Operas, Content Analyses of -- Soap Operas, Effects of -- Soap Operas, Sexuality in -- Social Class -- Social Learning Theory/Social Cognitive Theory -- Socialization and Media -- Sponsored Educational Material (SEM) -- Sports Television -- Sticky Marketing -- Super-Peer Theory -- Surgeon General's Scientific Advisory Committee on Television and Social Behavior -- Talk Shows, Children and Adolescents -- Teenager, History of -- Telecommunications Act of 1996 -- Television, Addiction to -- Television, Attention and -- Television, Child Variables and Use of -- Television, History of Children's Programs on -- Television, International Viewing Patterns and -- Television, Moral Messages on -- Television, Morality and Identification With Characters on -- Television, Motivations for Viewing of -- Television, Occupational Portrayals on -- Television, Prosocial Behavior and -- Television, Prosocial Content and -- Television, Viewer Age and -- Television Rating Systems -- Television Rating Systems, Parental Uses of -- Television Violence -- Television Violence, Susceptibility to -- Third-Person Effect -- Tobacco Advertising, International -- TV-Turnoff Week -- Tweens, Advertising Targeting of -- Tweens, Media Preferences of -- UNESCO Violence Study -- United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child -- Uses and Gratifications Theory -- V-Chip (Violence Chip) -- Violence, Desensitization Toward -- Violence, Effects of -- Violence, Experimental Studies of -- Violence, Extent of and Responses to -- Violence, Historical Trends and -- Violence, Industry Stance on -- Violence, Longitudinal Studies of -- Violence, Marketing and -- Violence, Meta-Analyses of -- Violence, Natural Experiments and -- Viral Marketing -- Virtual Reality -- Webcams -- Websites, Children's -- White House Office of National Drug Control Policy -- World Summits on Children and Television -- World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) -- Youth Culture -- Zines.