Does media use define the experience of childhood? Amy Jordan, Associate Dean of Children’s Media and Policy at the Annenberg School of Communications, will discuss her work about how technology can both divide generations and connect them and enhance their well-being. She’ll touch on the challenges of systematically studying youth and media, particularly in an environment where “everyone’s an expert” and judgments are based on personal experiences, and why we must recognize that the experience of “childhood” is not monolithic, but reflects the familial, economic, social, political, and geographic contexts in which children develop.
Date and Time: Monday, March 6th, 2017 6:30PM to 8:30PM
Location: National Opera Center, 330 7th Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10001
Amy Jordan is Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, where she teaches courses on Children and Media, Research Methods, and Communication Behavior. Dr. Jordan is Director of the Communication and Dissemination Core for the UPenn Prevention Research Center, and is Co-Principal Investigator for two research projects focused on creating and testing culturally sensitive health-related media communications directed at audiences across the life span. Dr. Jordan has co-authored and co-edited four books, including her most recent book entitled 