astronomy

Patti Valkenburg

Patti Valkenburg is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Patti Valkenburg rather than just read about it. In short: Patricia Maria (Patti) Valkenburg (born 19 August 1958, Delft) is a Distinguished Professor of Communication at the University of Amsterdam. She is the founder and director of Center for research on Children, Adolescents, and the Media (CCAM).

Key takeaways

Patti Valkenburg belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Patti Valkenburg to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Patti Valkenburg from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Patricia Maria (Patti) Valkenburg (born 19 August 1958, Delft) is a Distinguished Professor of Communication at the University of Amsterdam. She is the founder and director of Center for research on Children, Adolescents, and the Media (CCAM). She is a fellow of the International Communication Association. In 2011, she received the Spinoza Prize, the highest Dutch award in science.

Biography Valkenburg received her MSc (1992, cum laude) and PhD (1995, cum laude) from Leiden University, the Netherlands. In 2006, she was recognized as the most productive communication scientist in Europe. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, 5 solo-authored books, and 35 book chapters. In 2010 she received an Advanced Investigator grant (2.5 million euro) from the European Research Council, which is the highest European scientific recognition. In 2011, she was awarded the Spinoza Prize. The winners of this prize receive a small statue of Baruch Spinoza and 2.5 million euro to spend on research of their own choice. Since 2011 Valkenburg is member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

CCAM Valkenburg is the founder and chair of the Center for research on Children, Adolescents, and the Media (CCAM), which hosts 22 researchers from nine social and behavioral sciences. In 2009, researchers in CCAM initiated a well-evaluated international master program Youth and Media. Valkenburg is associate editor of Human Communication Research and a member of the editorial boards of most other journals in her field. She is the founder of the first international academic division Children, Adolescents, and the Media within the International Communication Association.

Research and intellectual interests Valkenburg’s research interests include the cognitive, emotional, and social effects of media and technologies on children and adolescents. Her work has focused on all kinds of media contents and technologies, including advertising, pornography, media violence, and social media. Based on dozens of empirical studies she has developed several models to understand why media have small effects on some children but large and long-lasting effects on other children, which children are particularly susceptible to media effects, and how negative media effects can be minimized or counteracted.

References

External links CCAM, Center for Research on Children, Adolescents and the Media University of Amsterdam International Communication Association Prof. dr. P.M. Valkenburg, 1958 - at the Amsterdam University Album Academicum

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Patti Valkenburg

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Patti Valkenburg claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Patti Valkenburg before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Patti Valkenburg ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Patti Valkenburg

In research: Patti Valkenburg appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Patti Valkenburg in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Patti Valkenburg is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1958 births, Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam, Dutch mass media scholars, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Patti Valkenburg outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Patti Valkenburg in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Patti Valkenburg means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Patti Valkenburg in simple terms?

Why does Patti Valkenburg matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Patti Valkenburg?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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