Annotated Bibliography on Technology Related to Childhood Issues
Carol Strong
English
25 October 2013
Annotated Bibliography on Technology Related to Childhood Issues
Braithwaite, Irene, Alistair W. Stewart, Robert J. Hancox, Richard Beasley, Rinki Murphy, and Edwin A. Mitchell. "The Worldwide Association between Television Viewing and Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Cross Sectional Study." PLoS ONE 8.9 (2013): 1-8. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 24 Oct. 2013. This scientific article written by informative researchers gives an analysis of growing childhood obesity rates not just pertaining to high-income countries, but worldwide. It is backed by international studies and charts that give evidence to prolonged television viewing relating to increased BMI (Body Mass Index) in children and adolescents. The authors in this article include multiple test groups, from various countries, ranging from young male and female children, to male’s and female’s in there adolescent (teenage) years. Although the relationship is positive in all test groups, within all countries, the relationship is strongest with adolescent females. The authors also give reason to this powerful relationship resulting from female’s capability to gain more weight during puberty. The article gives reasons such as lack of physical activity, lack of sleep, exposure to food advertisement on television, and increased calorie intake while watching television, for television increasing body fat.
Levin, Diane E., and Nancy Carlsson-Paige. "Disempowering the 'Power Rangers '." Education Digest 61.9 (96): 17. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 25 Oct. 2013. The authors of this informative article give claim to the Power Rangers increasing violent behavior in children. They infer that children absorb a more realistic view of violence from the Power Rangers because they are real actors, verse animated characters displaying violence in cartoons. The authors support this claim with a study displaying 97% of teachers witnessed increased violence and
English
25 October 2013
Annotated Bibliography on Technology Related to Childhood Issues
Braithwaite, Irene, Alistair W. Stewart, Robert J. Hancox, Richard Beasley, Rinki Murphy, and Edwin A. Mitchell. "The Worldwide Association between Television Viewing and Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Cross Sectional Study." PLoS ONE 8.9 (2013): 1-8. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 24 Oct. 2013. This scientific article written by informative researchers gives an analysis of growing childhood obesity rates not just pertaining to high-income countries, but worldwide. It is backed by international studies and charts that give evidence to prolonged television viewing relating to increased BMI (Body Mass Index) in children and adolescents. The authors in this article include multiple test groups, from various countries, ranging from young male and female children, to male’s and female’s in there adolescent (teenage) years. Although the relationship is positive in all test groups, within all countries, the relationship is strongest with adolescent females. The authors also give reason to this powerful relationship resulting from female’s capability to gain more weight during puberty. The article gives reasons such as lack of physical activity, lack of sleep, exposure to food advertisement on television, and increased calorie intake while watching television, for television increasing body fat.
Levin, Diane E., and Nancy Carlsson-Paige. "Disempowering the 'Power Rangers '." Education Digest 61.9 (96): 17. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 25 Oct. 2013. The authors of this informative article give claim to the Power Rangers increasing violent behavior in children. They infer that children absorb a more realistic view of violence from the Power Rangers because they are real actors, verse animated characters displaying violence in cartoons. The authors support this claim with a study displaying 97% of teachers witnessed increased violence and
Bibliography: Levin, Diane E., and Nancy Carlsson-Paige. "Disempowering the 'Power Rangers '." Education Digest 61.9 (96): 17. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 25 Oct. 2013. Yu, Jay. "Mother 's Perceptions of the Negative Impact on TV Food Ads on Children 's Food Choices." Appetite 59.2 (2012): 372-76. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 25 Oct. 2013. "The Negative Effect of TV on Children 's Literacy." Education Journal 129 (2011): 19. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.