Media and Development

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Select one of the following forms of media:

  1. Social media
  2. Television/Movies
  3. Video games
  4. Music and/or music videos

Using  the selected media, write a 750-1,000-word paper addressing the impact  the media has on the cognitive, physical, and psychosocial development  during middle childhood. Include the following in your paper:

  1. How the selected media can change brain functioning
  2. How the selected media can disrupt physical development
  3. How the selected media influences social development
  4. How the selected media can positively influence a child
  5. Briefly  summarize how Bronfenbrenners bioecological systems theory would  describe the impact of the selected media on the different systems that  effect childhood development (refer to page 37 of the text as a guide).

Include at least three scholarly references, in addition to the text, in your paper.