Patti Valkenburg
Patti Maria Valkenburg (born August 19, 1958 in Delft ) is a Dutch media scholar . She is a professor at the University of Amsterdam .
Valkenburg graduated from Leiden University in 1990 with a degree in education and received her doctorate cum laude there in 1995 . Afterwards she was at the University of Amsterdam, where she became professor for youth and media in 1998. Valkenburg is the founder and director of the Center for Research on Children, Adolescents, and the Media (CCAM) at the University of Amsterdam.
She examined the development of media such as television and the Internet on the development of children and adolescents and examined the influence of media, genetic disposition and family and friends on cognitive skills, ADHD and aggression.
In 2011 she received the Spinoza Prize . Valkenburg is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. In 2010 she received an Advanced Grant from the ERC.
She was one of the initiators of a youth-friendly award for films in the Netherlands (Kijkwijzer).
She is co-editor of Human Communication Research.
Fonts
- Vierkante Ogen, Maarten Muntinga 1999
- Children's Responses to the Screen: A Media Psychological Approach, Lawrence Erlbaum 2004
- Beeldschermkinderen, Boom Lemma 2013
- Schermgaande jeugd, Bakker 2014
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valkenburg, Patti |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valkenburg, Patti Maria (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch media scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th August 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Delft |