Media and Development Paper

Select one of the following forms of media:

Social media

Television/Movies

Video games

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:

How the selected media can change brain functioning

How the selected media can disrupt physical development

How the selected media influences social development

How the selected media can positively influence a child

Briefly summarize how Bronfenbrenner’s 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.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.