Amy B. Jordan (media investigator)

Amy B. Jordan (born November 23, 1961) is Director of the Media and the Developing Child Sector at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania. Her research is on the role of media in the lives of children and their families. Studies of the impact and implementation of US children's media policy include evaluations of the FCC processing guideline known as the Three-Hour Rule and the Telecommunication Act of 1996 mandating the provision of the V-Chip and the TV ratings system.

Amy Jordan received her M.A. (1986) and PhD. (1990) from the Annenberg School for Communication, and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Muhlenberg College in 1983 with a B.A. in Communication Studies.

Publications

• Jordan, Amy B. (Dec 1992). "Social Class, Temporal Orientation, and Mass Media Use within the Family System". Critical Studies in Mass Communication 9 (4): 374–386. doi:10.1080/15295039209366840. 
• Jordan, Amy B.; Kathleen Hall Jamieson (1998). Children and television. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science v. 557. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 
• Jordan, Amy B.; Calvert, Sandra L.; Cocking, Rodney R. (2002). Children in the Digital Age: Influences of Electronic Media on Development. Praeger Publishers. doi:10.1336/0275976521. ISBN 0-275-97652-1. 
• Jordan, Amy B. (June 2004). "The Role of Media in Children's Development: An Ecological Perspective". Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics 25 (3): 196–206. doi:10.1097/00004703-200406000-00009. 

External links

• "Amy Jordan, Ph.D.". Faculty. Annenberg Public Policy Center.