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Children and Mobile Phones

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Children and Mobile Phones: Adoption, Use, Impact, and Control

By

Barrie Gunter

University of Leicester, UK

United Kingdom – North America – Japan India – Malaysia – China

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About the Author

Barrie Gunter is Emeritus Professor in Media at the University of Leicester, UK. He was Head of the Department of Media and Communication at Leicester (2004–2012) and prior to that, founding Professor of Journalism at the University of Sheffield for 10 years. The early part of Barrie’s career was spent in the broadcasting industry in audience research. Barrie is a Psychologist by training who has written and contributed to approximately 70 books and over 400 other publications and reports on media, marketing, business and psychology topics.