Invitation: Major New Study on Children's Media Use
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On Wednesday, January 20, 2010 the Kaiser Family Foundation will
release Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds, one
of the largest and most comprehensive publicly available sources of
information on the amount and nature of media use by American youth.
The survey is the third wave of the Foundation's studies of
children's media use, providing a detailed look at current media use
patterns among young people and documenting changes in children's
media habits from five (2004) and ten (1999) years ago.
The study covers television, video games, the Internet, cell phones,
movies, music, and print; explores the media environment in young
people's homes and bedrooms; documents differences by age, gender
and race; and looks at popular activities such as social networking,
multitasking, and mobile media use.
The event will include a presentation of the study findings by Vicky
Rideout, Vice President and Director of the Foundation's Program for
the Study of Media and
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discussion featuring:
* Michael Rich, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Director, Center on
Media and Child Health, Children's Hospital Boston
* Stephen Friedman, JD, Executive Vice President, MTV Networks
and General Manager, MTV
* Richard Taylor, Senior Vice President for Communications and
Research, Entertainment Software Association
* Donald Roberts, PhD, Thomas More Storke Professor Emeritus,
Stanford University
The panel will discuss issues such as:
* How do current levels of media use and multitasking affect
children's healthy development?
* What do these data tell us about parenting in today's media age?
* What do these trends mean for policymakers, children's
advocates and media companies?
WHEN:
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Breakfast and registration at 9:00 a.m.
Presentations begin at 9:30 a.m.
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WHERE:
Barbara Jordan Conference Center (Kaiser Family Foundation Office)
1330 G Street, NW, Washington, DC (one block west of Metro Center)
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The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit private operating
foundation, based in Menlo Park, California, dedicated to producing
and communicating the best possible analysis and information on health issues.
