Project

Media Impact on Preschool Behavior

Start Dates: 2009

PI(s): Todd I. Herrenkohl

Co-PI(s): Dimitri Christakis (Children's Hospital)

Funding: Subcontract with Children's Hospital (NICHD funded)

Project Description

This project focuses on improving the media diet of young children by decreasing the amount of violence they watch and by increasing the amount of prosocial programming they view. The goal is to study the effects of this intervention on children’s behavior. The project is funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and will continue through 2012.