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Media Parenting
Theory and Research on Parent, Child, and Media Interactions
Media Parenting
Theory and Research on Parent, Child, and Media Interactions
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Description
Media psychologist Eric Rasmussen explores the vital role of parents in empowering children to make media choices that promote their well-being.
Rasmussen challenges prevailing assumptions about human nature in a way that pushes the broader field of human communication and its disciplinary offspring, children, and media beyond the bounds of current dominant paradigms. Media Parenting reviews past empirical findings, advocates for media parenting's reconceptualization, and proposes a research roadmap leading to a more enriching, theoretical understanding of the dynamic interactions between parents, children, and media.
Table of Contents
2. Media and the Home Environment
3. Effects of Children's Media Use
4. Roots and Evolution of Media Parenting
5. Predictors for Parenting Approaches to Media
6. Children's Media Use and Media Parenting
7. Physical Health and Media Parenting
8. Socio-Emotional Well-Being and Media Parenting
9. Mental Health and Media Parenting
10. Cognitive Development, Academic Performance, and Media Parenting
11. Media Parenting Methods and Measures
12. Prescriptive Models of Media Parenting
Conclusion: A Roadmap for Future Research
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Product details
| Published | 16 Apr 2026 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 296 |
| ISBN | 9798216379560 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 2 b/w illus |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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As both a media scholar and a parent, I found Media Parenting to be a timely, thought-provoking reimagining of how we understand the parent–child–media relationship. Rasmussen offers a compelling vision for the future of the field. Highly recommend!
Sarah M. Coyne, Associate Director, Brigham Young University, USA
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In Media Parenting, Eric Rasmussen skillfully combines research, theoretical insights, and thoughtful critique. Importantly, this nuanced approach encourages new ideas, making the book a comprehensive and essential resource for students, researchers, and anyone interested in media and family life.
Kathrin Karsay, Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria
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At a time when media use is nearly ubiquitous among children and adolescents, this book centers parent and child perspectives in understanding the role of media and technology in childhood, offering an important and novel take on how we can better consider parent and youth voice in our research.
Drew Cingel, Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor for the Department of Communication, University of California, Davis, USA
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Eric Rasmussen expertly compiles years of research and maps parenting approaches of media with stages of child development in his new book, Media Parenting. He offers both a guide for future research identifying gaps in existing knowledge and an accessible way to empower parents in a digital world.
Nancy Jennings, Niehoff Professor of Film and Media Studies and Director of Children's Entertainment and Education Research (CHEER) Lab, University of Cincinnati, USA

























