Architects of Communication Scholarship: Ellen Wartella on Children and Media & Questions of Public Policy
This episode features Dr. Ellen Wartella and Dr. Fashina Aladé as they discuss Dr. Wartella’s research on children’s media and how it has affected public policy and evolved with new technologies. Dr. Wartella explores child development in an increasingly digital age and how communication research can play a role in safeguarding media for children and adolescents.
Featuring
Fashina Aladé
Ellen Wartella
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Assistant Professor | Advertising and Public Relations
Michigan State University
Twitter: @ProfShina @MSUComArtSci
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences
Northwestern University
Director, Center on Media and Human Development
Twitter: @CMHD_NU
Works referenced in episode:
Rideout, V. J., Vandewater, E. A., & Wartella, E. A. (2003). Zero to six: Electronic media in the lives of infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
Lauricella, A. R., Cingel, D. P., & Wartella, E. A. (2016). Television, computers, and media viewing (children and adolescents).
Copy and Audio Editors:
Sharlene Burgos
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
