Media Kit: Children and Media

The AAP has assembled key reports, research and other resources to assist in your research on the effects of media on children’s health. If you need help locating experts to interview, please contact the AAP Department of Communications at 847-434-7877 or commun@aap.org. Parent resources are available on the Healthy Children website, www.healthychildren.org.

• Media Use by Children Younger than 2 Years
  Council on Communications and Media
  Pediatrics November 2011
  

• Children, Adolescents, Obesity, and the Media
  Council on Communications and Media
  Pediatrics July 2011

• The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents and Families
  Council on Communications and Media
  Pediatrics April 2011

• Media Education
  Council on Communications and Media
  Pediatrics November 2010

• Children, Adolescents, Substance Abuse and the Media
  Council on Communications and Media
  Pediatrics October 2010
  

• Sexuality, Contraception, and the Media
  Council on Communications and Media
  Pediatrics Sept. 2010

• Media Violence
  Council on Communications and Media
  Pediatrics Nov. 2009; 124: 1495-1503
  

• Impact of Music, Music Lyrics and Music Videos on Children and Youth
  Council on Communications and Media
  Pediatrics Nov. 2009; 124: 1488-1494

• Importance of Play and Unscheduled Time for Healthy Youth Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds
  Committee on Communications and the Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health
  Pediatrics Jan. 2007; 119: 182-191

• Influence of Limit-Setting and Participation in Physical Activity on Youth Screen Time
  Susan A. Carlson, Janet E. Fulton, Sarah M. Lee, John T. Foley, Carrie Heitzler, and Marion Huhman
  Pediatrics July 2010; 126:1 e89-e96

• Health Effects of Media on Children and Adolescents (review article)
  Victor C. Strasburger, Amy B. Jordan, and Ed Donnerstein
  Pediatrics April 2010; 125: 756-767.
  

• Household Routines and Obesity in US Preschool-Aged Children
  Sarah E. Anderson and Robert C. Whitaker
  Pediatrics, March 2010; 125:3 420-428

• Injury-Prevention Practices as Depicted in G- and PG-Rated Movies, 2003–2007
  Jon Eric Tongren, Anne Sites, Katharyn Zwicker, and Andrew Pelletier
  Pediatrics Feb 2010; 125: 290-294.

• Early Exposure to Movie Smoking Predicts Established Smoking by Older Teens and Young Adults
  Madeline A. Dalton, Michael L. Beach, Anna M. Adachi-Mejia, Meghan R. Longacre, Aurora L. Matzkin, James D. Sargent, Todd F. Heatherton, and Linda Titus-Ernstoff
  Pediatrics Apr 2009; 123: e551-e558

• Television Viewing in Infancy and Child Cognition at 3 Years of Age in a US Cohort
  Marie Evans Schmidt, Michael Rich, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Emily Oken, and Elsie M. Taveras
  Pediatrics Mar 2009; 123: e370-e375

• Age and Violent-Content Labels Make Video Games Forbidden Fruits for Youth
  Marije Nije Bijvank, Elly A. Konijn, Brad J. Bushman, and Peter H. M. P. Roelofsma
  Pediatrics Mar 2009; 123: 870-876.

• Exposure of US Adolescents to Extremely Violent Movies
  Keilah A. Worth, Jennifer Gibson Chambers, Daniel H. Nassau, Balvinder K. Rakhra, and James D. Sargent
  Pediatrics Aug 2008; 122: 306-312

• AAP testimony before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee
  June 22, 2007