concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: media and developmental science

media and developmental science
type: Concept
broader: social issues
definition: In making the journey from the laboratory to the daily newspaper, evening news broadcast, or parenting magazine, scholarly information derived from developmental science often gets lost in translation. Media coverage of developmental science and related fields fulfills an essential step in bringing profoundly important information about child development to the attention of the public, but the material in question is often subject to dilution, unwarranted simplification, or complete misinterpretation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Media and Developmental Science]

social issues
type: Concept
narrower: media and developmental science