Media Parenting - by Eric E Rasmussen (Hardcover)

About the Book

Media psychologist Eric Rasmussen explores the vital role of parents in empowering children to make media choices that promote their well-being.

Book Synopsis

Media psychologist Eric Rasmussen explores the vital role of parents in empowering children to make media choices that promote their well-being.

Rasmussen challenges prevailing assumptions about human nature in a way that pushes the broader field of human communication and its disciplinary offspring, children, and media beyond the bounds of current dominant paradigms. Media Parenting reviews past empirical findings, advocates for media parenting's reconceptualization, and proposes a research roadmap leading to a more enriching, theoretical understanding of the dynamic interactions between parents, children, and media.

Review Quotes

"As both a media scholar and a parent, I found Media Parenting to be a timely, thought-provoking reimagining of how we understand the parent-child-media relationship. Rasmussen offers a compelling vision for the future of the field. Highly recommend!" --Sarah M. Coyne, Associate Director, Brigham Young University, USA

"In Media Parenting, Eric Rasmussen skillfully combines research, theoretical insights, and thoughtful critique. Importantly, this nuanced approach encourages new ideas, making the book a comprehensive and essential resource for students, researchers, and anyone interested in media and family life." --Kathrin Karsay, Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria

"At a time when media use is nearly ubiquitous among children and adolescents, this book centers parent and child perspectives in understanding the role of media and technology in childhood, offering an important and novel take on how we can better consider parent and youth voice in our research." --Drew Cingel, Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor for the Department of Communication, University of California, Davis, USA

"Eric Rasmussen expertly compiles years of research and maps parenting approaches of media with stages of child development in his new book, Media Parenting. He offers both a guide for future research identifying gaps in existing knowledge and an accessible way to empower parents in a digital world." --Nancy Jennings, Niehoff Professor of Film and Media Studies and Director of Children's Entertainment and Education Research (CHEER) Lab, University of Cincinnati, USA

About the Author

Eric E. Rasmussen is Professor of Public Relations and Strategic Communication Management at Texas Tech University, USA. He has authored and co-authored articles that have appeared in some of the top academic journals in the fields of communication and child development, such as Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, Journal of Children and Media, Media Psychology, Child Development, and Developmental Psychology, among others. His research has also been presented at conferences for the Society for Research in Child Development, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, International Communication Association, and International Public Relations Research Conference.