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Amy B. Jordan, Ph.D.

Senior Research Investigator, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania

Description

Amy B. Jordan is a Senior Research Investigator at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1996, Dr. Jordan has served as the director of research for the Media and the Developing Child sector at the Center. She oversees the analyses of the quantity and quality of television programming for children and the evaluation of the impact of public policy initiatives such as the Three-Hour Rule and the V-Chip Legislation. Dr. Jordan also teaches at the Annenberg School for Communication. Her classes include Communication Research Methods, Communication Behavior, and Children and Media. Dr. Jordan is the author of the annual State of Children’s Television report (1996, 1997, 1998) and has written numerous journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopedic entries. She is coauthor of the forthcoming book Children, Adolescents and the Media and coeditor of the 2001 book Children in the Digital Age. Her more recent published research examines parents’ reception of the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations to limit children’s screen time.  Dr. Jordan’s research has been supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Smith Richardson Foundation, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health. Additionally, Dr. Jordan has been quoted in over 100 newspapers and magazines and has appeared as a children’s TV expert on national television and radio news programs.

Topic(s): Cognitive Development & Learning, Educational Media, Legislation/Public Policy, Media Use & Access

User Type(s): Academic, Journalist, Producer

Address

Annenberg Public Policy Center
University of Pennsylvania
3620 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-3309

Contact Information

Phone(s): 215-898-1553
E-mail(s): (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
URL(s): http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org

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