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Child Policy Experts answer your questions about Baby Videos and Television


What does research tell us about media and outcomes for young children?

New media forms and seemingly contradictory research findings and news reports have made the topic of media and outcomes for young children both controversial and confusing. PPN's new Ask the Expert feature allows you to ask three leading child policy experts your questions on the topic of videos and television programming for children under two years old.

Just fill out the form below and your question will be submitted to our experts. All questions will be considered, though not all will be answered. Answers will be posted here in a few weeks and announced in an upcoming PPN newsletter.

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Dr. Rebecca Collins Dr. Michael Rich Dr. Roberta Schomburg
Dr. Rebecca Collins
Senior Behavioral Scientist
RAND Corporation
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Dr. Michael Rich
Founder and Director
Center on Media and Child Health 
Children's Hospital Boston
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Dr. Roberta Schomburg
Professor of Education
Carlow University, Pittsburgh
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More About This Topic

Listed below are resources with more information on the influence of media on young children.


Parents, Children & Media: A Kaiser Family Foundation Survey — June 2007

Research briefNews release at Kaiser Family Foundation website

Digital Childhood: Electronic Media and Technology Use Among Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers — May 2007

Research briefJournal abstract at Pediatrics website

Television and DVD/Video Viewing in Children Younger Than 2 Years — May 2007

Research briefJournal abstract at Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine website
PDF fileFull report at University of Washington website

A Systematic Review for the Effects of Television Viewing by Infants and Preschoolers — Nov. 2006

Research briefJournal abstract at Pediatrics website

The Media Family: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Their Parents — May 2006

Research briefNews release at Kaiser Family Foundation website

A Teacher in the Living Room? Educational Media for Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers — Dec. 2005

Research briefAbstract and issue brief at Kaiser Family Foundation website

Infants' and Toddlers' Television Viewing and Language Outcomes — 2005

Research briefJournal abstract at American Behavioral Scientist website

Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children — Apr. 2004

Research briefJournal abstract at Pediatrics website

Zero to Six: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers — Oct. 2003

Research briefNews release at Kaiser Family Foundation website