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Diane Levin

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Diane E. Levin
BornDiane Elizabeth Levin
(1947-09-15) September 15, 1947 (age 77)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materTufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
SubjectMedia literacy and media effects on children
Notable worksSo Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood, And What Parents Can Do To Protect Their Kids (with Jean Kilbourne)
Ph.D. thesis Peer Interaction As A Source Of Cognitive Developmental Change in Spatial Representation. 1978. OCLC 190827963.
Website
dianeelevin.com

Diane Elizabeth Levin (born September 15, 1947)[1] is an American author, educator, and advocate known for her work in media literacy and media effects on children.[2]

Education

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Levin received her doctorate in Sociology of Education and Child Development from Tufts University in 1978.[3][4]

Biography

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External videos
"So Sexy So Soon" (interview)
video icon Family Confidential: Secrets of Successful Parenting (episode 14) via Annie Fox on YouTube[5]

Levin is a professor of education at Wheelock College in Boston. She teaches courses on children's play, violence prevention and media literacy. Together with her colleague, Gail Dines, Levin teaches an annual summer seminar at Wheelock college. The institute: "Media Education in a Violent Society" was developed to address the effects of media violence on children.

Since 1985, Levin has been working with issues of violence in media culture and its effects on children, families, and schools. In March 1995, she visited New Zealand and led workshops, seminars, public meetings in the country's main cities and gave lectures and media interviews on the topic of war toys and children's play.[6]

She is a founder of Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment (TRUCE).[7] Every year before the December holidays, TRUCE publishes a "Toy Action Guide" on their website. TRUCE also has a Media and Young Children Action Guide on line. Levin is also a founder of CCFC, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood[8] and Defending the Early Years.[9]

Companies, products, marketing practices and corporations criticized by Levin and the CCFC include, but are not limited to: BusRadio, Barbie, Channel One News, marketing in schools, marketing to infants and children under 8, and highly sexualized marketing.

Bibliography

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PhD thesis
  • Levin, Diane E. (1978). Peer interaction as a source of cognitive developmental change in spatial representation (Ph.D. thesis). Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts. OCLC 190827963.
Books

References

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  1. ^ "Levin, Diane E." Library of Congress. Retrieved April 16, 2016. data sheet (b. 15 Sept. 1947)
  2. ^ Levin, Diane E. "Home page". dianeelevin.com. Diane E. Levin.
  3. ^ Levin, Diane E. (1978). Peer interaction as a source of cognitive developmental change in spatial representation (Ph.D. thesis). Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts. OCLC 190827963.
  4. ^ Levin, Diane E. "About". dianeelevin.com. Diane E. Levin.
  5. ^ Annie Fox (presenter) and Diane E. Levin (guest) (January 17, 2010). FC014: So Sexy So Soon – Guest: Diane E. Levin (Video). Family Confidential: Secrets of Successful Parenting. Annie Fox, Author via YouTube. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  6. ^ "Play for Life". Newsletter. April 1995. March 1995.
  7. ^ Staff writer. "Home page". truceteachers.org. Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment (TRUCE).
  8. ^ Staff writer. "About". commercialfreechildhood.org. Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood.
  9. ^ Staff writer. "About". deyproject.org. Defending the Early Years via WordPress. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016.
  10. ^ Levin, Diane E. "Various". The Huffington Post.
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