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Click on the images to the right to go to the descriptions of research projects under the direction of Stewart M. Hoover at the University of Colorado. To learn more about the projects beforehand, please read the descriptions below.

Information on the Teens and the New Media @ Home, Teens and the Supernatural, Digital Divide, and Youth and Civic Engagement Projects, directed by Lynn Schofield Clark, have moved: www.mediameaning.org

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Symbolism, Media and the Lifecourse Project
This project considered how parents and their children negotiate media rules and practices in their homes, and how the stories they tell to describe these practices relate to their notion of the family's identity. We looked at how beliefs about the media and its effects intersected with other family identifications and beliefs, such as those of religion.

Symbolism, Meaning and the New Media @ Home Project
This project was interested in the relationships between family media consumption practices and religious and spiritual identity.