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5 Research, Policy, and Practice: Future Directions
Pages 68-75

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... Wartella identified several areas in which increased or improved research could greatly aid in making informed policy decisions and improve practices directed at educating parents and children about the Internet. These areas included research on networked environments, empirical studies of the impact of media content on young people, tracking studies, developmentally appropriate research, and studies to develop media literacy curricula as critical components in this research plan.
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From page 69...
... For example, First Amendment protections for print media are very strong compared with those regulating television and the radio; as Wartella noted, this is largely because society views radio and television airwaves as being owned by the public. Furthermore, she observed that a larger theoretical and philosophical understanding of what media are and in what ways media platforms intersect with regulatory policies represents foundational questions that should underlie future explorations of this topic.
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... New tracking studies could be a sourceof developmental information. Developmental tracking studies represent another important source of information about children's media habits as well as their potential impact.
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From page 71...
... Wartella noted that Sesame Street an icon of the educational potential of television was developed largely through developmental research supported by the Markle Foundation. A similar approach could be taken to research on Internet content, with the intention of producing informed policy and outstanding programming for children.
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From page 72...
... A cyber tipline that is being coordinated through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was also developed so that Internet users can report suspicious online activity, and the department is also working with other countries to develop technologies and coordinate law enforcement efforts to protect minors rather than to increase government censorship of Internet material. Box 5-1 provides additional information on the CyberTipLine and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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... Chemers stated that although this report focused on computer games, music, and movies, its recommendations are certainly relevant to any discussion of Internet content.
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