Subject Areas: Mass Communication
krcmarm@wfu.edu
Marina Krcmar (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1995).
Marina is an associate professor at Wake Forest University. Her researh focuses on children, adolescents and the media. Her most recent research has examined the effect of violent video games on adolescents and the role of media consumption in adolescent risk taking. Her research has appeared in Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, Media Psychology, Communication Research, Communication Theory, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media/ and other journals. She has written several book chapters and her forthcoming book: Living Without the Screen will be published by Lawrence Earlbaum Associates. Professor Krcmar teaches classes in media effects, children and television, research methods and theory construction.