Social Media Strengthens High School Students Support of 1st Amendment

September 16, 2011 | Author: Ken

Study from the Knight Foundation regarding a survey of 12k high school students and 700 teachers in the Spring 2011 regarding the positive relationship between the support of the first amendment and the use of social media. Knight has been doing versions of this survey since 2004 and have found an increase in support.

“There is a clear, positive relationship between student use of social media – such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr – to get news and information and greater support for free expression rights. Though this study establishes the link between social media use and First Amendment support, its cause is open to debate.”

There are some excellent graphs in the full report.

Summary of Report

Full Report

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CMCH.tv

September 16, 2011 | Author: Ken

Good reference site for youth and media.  This is the organization led by Dr. Michael Rich.

The Center on Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health is dedicated to understanding and responding to the effects of media on the physical, mental, and social health of children through research, production, and education.

via CMCH.tv.

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Ask the Mediatrician

September 16, 2011 | Author: Ken

This guy is well connected.  There are a number of interesting links to other studies on this site.  He is based in Boston.

Dr. Michael Rich, the Director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health. But more importantly, I am a parent, just like many of you. As a former Hollywood filmmaker, I am a lover of media.  But as a pediatrician, I see that media have both positive and negative effects on children’s health.

I’m here as The Mediatrician® to answer your questions about media and health

via Ask the Mediatrician.

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Minority kids spend most of their waking hours plugged in – USATODAY.com

September 16, 2011 | Author: Ken

This report has some great references to other sites and studies (notably Northwestern) that shows how kids are consuming media and there are some good graphs.

The report shows that compared with white children, minority youth:

•Watch TV and videos one to two hours more a day;

•Listen to music about an hour more a day;

•Use computers about 1½ hours more a day;

•Play video games 30 to 40 minutes longer a

via Minority kids spend most of their waking hours plugged in – USATODAY.com.

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Center for Media Design

September 16, 2011 | Author: Ken

This 2007 report led by Mike Bloxham provides an interesting snapshot as to youth and their interaction with media.  Understanding how teenagers consume media is of great importance to those in the media industries. The latest report from the CMD follows a group of 15 teens throughout their day, wherever they went, recording fifteen different media and seventeen life activities.

They took an interesting approach whereby they tracked 15 teenagers and recorded their behavior in 10 second increments. They report 60% of the teenager’s time was “screen-time”. Although this sample size is too small to make definitive conclusions about the general population, it is another pointer as to how intertwined media and technology have become to the today’s young generation.

via Center for Media Design.

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Tim Showalter-Loch | Search Institute

September 15, 2011 | Author: Ken

Tim Showalter-Loch | Search Institute.

As Search Institute’s Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Tim Showalter-Loch builds relationships with key Search Institute partners in the business, social, and public sectors. He also helps develop overall business strategy for the organization. His responsibilities include direction of corporate development and partnerships, strategic communications, and public policy initiatives.  He was formerly with Best Buy and led their charitable giving and community outreach strategies.

He currently serves on the National Youth Leadership Council Board of Directors and Genesys Works Twin Cities Board of Directors, and contributes his skills to several other state, government and community committees and task forces.

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