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Module 4: Articles on Digital Media and Development

This list covers:
"Growing Up Digital"
"Policy Statement: Children, Adolescents, and the Media"
"Beyond the Brain"
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  1. stark
    devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
    The day before the start of Vishal Singh’s senior year in high school, he faces a stark choice on his bedroom desk: book or computer?
  2. gratification
    the act or an instance of satisfying
    On YouTube, “you can get a whole story in six minutes,” he explains. “A book takes so long. I prefer the immediate gratification.”
  3. stimulus
    any information or event that acts to arouse action
    Students have always faced distractions. But computers and cellphones, and the constant stream of stimuli they offer, are a new challenge to focusing and learning.
  4. tension
    a balance between opposing elements or tendencies
    It is a tension on vivid display at Vishal’s school, Woodside High School in Redwood City, California. Here, as elsewhere, it’s not uncommon for students to send hundreds of text messages a day or spend hours playing video games, and virtually everyone is on Facebook.
  5. pediatrician
    a medical specialist in the care of children
    Pediatricians are encouraged to take a media history and ask 2 media questions at every well-child visit: How much recreational screen time does your child or teenager consume daily? Is there a television set or Internet-connected device in the child’s bedroom?
  6. peer review
    evaluate professionally a colleague's work
  7. substantially
    to a great extent or degree
    Although media are not the leading cause of any major health problem in the United States, the evidence is now clear that they can and do contribute substantially to many different risks and health problems and that children and teenagers learn from, and may be negatively influenced by, the media.
  8. penetration
    the act of entering into or through something
    The overwhelming penetration of media into children’s and teenagers’ lives necessitates a renewed commitment to changing the way pediatricians, parents, teachers, and society address the use of media to mitigate potential health risks and foster appropriate media use.
  9. necessitate
    require as useful, just, or proper
    The overwhelming penetration of media into children’s and teenagers’ lives necessitates a renewed commitment to changing the way pediatricians, parents, teachers, and society address the use of media to mitigate potential health risks and foster appropriate media use.
  10. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
    The overwhelming penetration of media into children’s and teenagers’ lives necessitates a renewed commitment to changing the way pediatricians, parents, teachers, and society address the use of media to mitigate potential health risks and foster appropriate media use.
  11. captivate
    attract; cause to be enamored
    This is what’s happening right now with neuroscience. The field is obviously incredibly important and exciting. From personal experience, I can tell you that you get captivated by it and sometimes go off to extremes, as if understanding the brain is the solution to understanding all thought and behavior.
  12. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
    These two forms of extremism are refuted by the same reality. The brain is not the mind.
Created on Fri Aug 14 12:08:11 EDT 2020 (updated Tue Aug 25 15:46:27 EDT 2020)

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