http://markle.policyarchive.orgThe Markle Foundation is pleased to share its documents with all those interested in finding ways of addressing critical public needs in the information age. The documents in this archive cover a wide variety of subjects, all focusing on the intersection of policy and information technology. In the last few years, the Markle Foundation has focused mainly on using information and technology to improve health and enhance national security. Other areas Markle has addressed in the past include information technology for development, children and interactive media, and Internet governancehttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=15470Provides a comprehensive discussion of existing research on children and interactive media. Focuses on how children use emerging communications media (video games, CD-ROMs, the Internet, etc.) outside the classroom. Examines interactive media use and access, and the impact on children's cognitive and social development, and their health and safety.Mon, 01 May 2000 00:00:00 GMThttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=154702000-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=15541Provides a strategic and practical analysis of trends, actors, and forces at work in the childrenÂ’s interactive media between 2000 and 2002. Explains how these trends affect the lives of children between the ages of 2 and 12. The analysis seeks to uncover ways in which the power and growing accessibility of this medium can be leveraged to improve childrenÂ’s lives.Mon, 03 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMThttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=155412002-06-03T00:00:00Zhttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=16017Updates the report "Children and Interactive Media: A Compendium of Current Research and Directions for the Future report to the Markle Foundation" from October 2000. Examines the literature that has been published on the topic between June 2000 and May 2002, focusing on children's in-home use of interactive technologies. Includes a review of literature according to the categories of the original research compendium, including children's use and access to interactive media, cognitive and social outcomes of such interactive media use, health and safety issues and policy concerns.Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMThttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=160172002-11-01T00:00:00Z