Date: Tuesday, May 21,
2013
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Eastern (adjust the time to your time
zone)
Where:
Your computer and phone
Dr. Douglas Gentile is a developmental
psychologist, a research scientist and an award-winning educator, named as
one of “The Best 300 Professors” in the United States according
to a Random House/Princeton Review survey in 2012. He is one of the
world’s leading experts of the effects of mass media on children,
adolescents and adults, and he conducts research on a variety of topics
including media violence, educational media, video games, advertising,
media ratings and technology “addictions.” He is the author of
two books – Media Violence and Children: A Complete Guide for
Parents and Professionals, and Violent Video Game Effects on
Children and Adolescents: Theory, Research and Public Policy –
as well as numerous articles and book chapters.
Join us for
an interview with Dr. Gentile in which we plan to explore his research and
scientific conclusions on media violence, the potential for pro-social
video games, cyber-bullying, video-game playing and attention, how our
brains react to video games, and other timely topics in this age of
technology and neuroscience.