Marina Krcmar
Professor of Communication
Krcmar is a leading expert on the effects of video games and television on children and adolescents.
Biography
Marina Krcmar is a leading expert on the effects of video games and television on children and adolescents. Krcmar’s comments and research have been featured on FOX News, Reuters and in a variety of other media outlets including parenting magazines. The blog she created with students to help gamers and parents evaluate new video games… Read More »
Marina Krcmar is a leading expert on the effects of video games and television on children and adolescents. Krcmar’s comments and research have been featured on FOX News, Reuters and in a variety of other media outlets including parenting magazines. The blog she created with students to help gamers and parents evaluate new video games was featured in Family Circle.
Her most recent research shows playing violent video games affects moral reasoning, as well as the connection between increased realism in video games and increased aggression. An authority on very young children and television, her research exploring “Teletubbies” shows infants and toddlers tend to learn better from a real person than when identical material is presented on a screen. Her book, “Living without the Screen,” takes a look at families who do not watch television in their homes, and her work has been published in academic journals such as the Journal of Communication, Media Psychology and the Journal of Children and Media.
Media Appearances
To play or not to play: The great debate about video games
U.S. News & World Report
October 7, 2014
So are video games harmful to children? “It depends on the content of the game and the outcome of interest,” says Marina Krcmar, an associate professor of communication at Wake Forest University. “Violent games have been found to be associated with aggressive outcomes, increases in hostility and aggressive cognitions.” There are several factors that may explain this.
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Areas of Expertise
- Baby Einstein
- Children and Television
- Effects of Video Game Violence on Children
- Families Without Television
- Media and Moral Reasoning
- Video Game Violence
- Video Game Violence Legislation
- Video Games and Moral Reasoning
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Ph.D., Communications
University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School of Communication: M.A., Communications
Fairleigh Dickinson University: B.A., Communications
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