The Child Effect in Media and Communication Research
A Call to Arms and an Agenda for Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7494686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Van Den Bulck (0000-0003-0885-0854, KU Leuven, corresponding author), Bea Van Den Bergh (0000-0002-1560-6545, KU Leuven) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-48 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the International Communication Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2380-8977 • E-ISSN: 2380-8985 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23808985.2005.11679043 |
| OpenAlex | W2499437321 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article reviews the literature on the child effect and suggests that it is an undervalued approach to studying the way families deal with media and the way they communicate. Even young children play an active part in their own socialization and there are many instances in which it is the child who socializes the parent, rather than the other way around. Media and communication research offers excellent opportunities for studying this child effect because the introduction of new media or new types of content often provides quasi-experimental settings that allow pre-and posttest research designs. Almost all research involving parents or their children may benefit from this old but often ignored perspective. Media and communication research could play a pivotal role in the development of the child effect hypothesis because both sociology and psychology have largely ignored the idea
Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,76 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |