Work, Leisure, and Media

Question 1

What are some of the individual differences in how individuals might choose to conduct work, leisure, and media activities?

Answer 1

Personality factors- sensation seeking, influences type of media drawn to etc
Aggression, personal values

Question 2

What are some microsystem influences on work leisure and media?

Answer 2

Caregiver monitering, caregiver acculturation, and after school programs

Question 3

What is caregiver monitoring and is it important?

Answer 3

Extent to which parents know where their kids are, check in on them, set rules and boundaries, supervision. Without this, youth are more likely to get into trouble.

Question 4

What is caregiver acculturation?

Answer 4

How acculturated into a different culture the parents are-can affect how they feel about where youths are spending their time

Question 5

Where do newcomer youths to america spend less time than American born youths?

Answer 5

Work

Question 6

What type of after school programs maximize psychological benefits?

Answer 6

Voluntary and structured ones

Question 7

What can structuring help with?

Answer 7

Positive benefits on child and child adult relationships

Question 8

What are some mesosystem influences?

Answer 8

Parents and peers, out of school time program and peers

Question 9

What are some exosystem influences?

Answer 9

Neighbourhood collective efficacy, resources in community, neighbourhood safety

Question 10

What are some macrosystem influences?

Answer 10

Immigration policies-who can and can’t work, xenophobia, how to find safe work or work in general as an immigrant. Media also an influence

Question 11

What was the study done on youth arriving in Canada between 2011 and 2016?

Answer 11

Newcomers have a lower employment rate and higher unemployment rate. Discrepancy could be based on immigration policies. Happens mainly in ages 15-24 and 25-34.

Question 12

How does media effect youth?

Answer 12

In the larger ecological context. Effects youth less than other aspects.

Question 13

What is mass media?

Answer 13

Communicates what society should think- we wonder then how this influences an adolescents thoughts on society

Question 14

What is media literacy?

Answer 14

The ability to identify types of media snd understanding the messages they’re sending. Need to think critically about what the media shows you, be a smart consumer, recognize point of view, create media responsibly, identify the role of media in our culture, understand the authors goal

Question 15

What is common sense media?

Answer 15

The way in which we analyze media with youth. Asks who made this, why they made it, what is the message for, techniques used to make it seem credible, details left out and why, how the message may make you or others feel

Question 16

What is porn literacy?

Answer 16

Program designed to do media literacy with pornography

Question 17

Why is the just say no campaign not effective?

Answer 17

Because it doesn’t tell you anything about why you’re saying no. Better programs tell you how tobacco companies are trying to get you hooked for money.

Question 18

How does social media and social compensation work?

Answer 18

Youth with a deficit in face to face interactions may benefit from online interactions. Boys who engage in online chats have higher quality friendships than those who don’t

Question 19

What are some chronosystem influences?

Answer 19

Economic recession, COVID 19, new media platforms.