Diane Levin Explained

Diane E. Levin
Birth Name:	Diane Elizabeth Levin
Birth Date:	15 September 1947
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
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Subject:	Media literacy and media effects on children
Notableworks:	So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood, And What Parents Can Do To Protect Their Kids (with Jean Kilbourne)
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Module:	Ph.D. thesis Book: 1978 . Peer Interaction As A Source Of Cognitive Developmental Change in Spatial Representation . 190827963 .

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

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

Biography

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.^[5]

She is a founder of Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment (TRUCE).^[6] 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^[7] and Defending the Early Years.^[8]

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

PhD thesis

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

Books

• Book: Levin . Diane E. . Carlsson-Paige . Nancy . Who's calling the shots?: how to respond effectively to children's fascination with war play and war toys . New Society Publishers . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . 1990 . 9780865711655 . registration .
• Book: Levin, Diane E. . Teaching young children in violent times: building a peaceable classroom . registration . Educators for Social Responsibility Distributed to the trade through New Society Publishers . Cambridge, Massachusetts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . 1994 . 9780865713154 .
• Book: Levin, Diane . Remote control childhood?: combating the hazards of media culture . National Association for the Education of Young Children . Washington, D.C . 1998 . 9780935989847 . registration .
• Book: Levin . Diane E. . Carlsson-Paige . Nancy . Before push comes to shove: building conflict resolution skills with children . Redleaf Press Distributed by Gryphon House . St. Paul, Minnesota Beltsville, Maryland . 1998 . 9781884834530 . registration .
• Book: Levin . Diane E. . Carlsson-Paige . Nancy . The war play dilemma: what every parent and teacher needs to know . Teachers College Press . New York . 2006 . 9780807746387 .
• Book: Levin . Diane E. . Kilbourne . Jean . Jean Kilbourne . So sexy so soon: the new sexualized childhood, and what parents can do to protect their kids . registration . Ballantine Books . New York . 2008 . 9780345505071 .
• Book: Levin, Diane E. . Beyond remote-controlled childhood: teaching young children in the media age . National Association for the Education of Young Children . Washington, D.C . 2013 . 9781928896982 .

• Levin also blogs for The Huffington Post.^[9]

External links

• Teaching Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment (TRUCE)
• Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC)
• Defending the Early Years (DEY)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Levin, Diane E.. Library of Congress. 16 April 2016. data sheet (b. 15 Sept. 1947) .
2. Web site: Levin . Diane E. . Home page . dianeelevin.com . Diane E. Levin .
3. Ph.D. . Levin . Diane E. . 1978 . Peer interaction as a source of cognitive developmental change in spatial representation . Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts . 190827963 .
4. Web site: Levin . Diane E. . About . dianeelevin.com . Diane E. Levin .
5. March 1995. Play for Life. Newsletter. April 1995.
6. Web site: Staff writer . Home page. truceteachers.org . Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment (TRUCE) .
7. Web site: Staff writer . About . commercialfreechildhood.org . .
8. Web site: Staff writer . About . deyproject.org . Defending the Early Years via WordPress . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160426135238/https://deyproject.org/about/ . April 26, 2016 . mdy-all .
9. News: Levin . Diane E. . Various . .