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U.S. tweens’ reactions to unboxing videos: Effects of sponsorship disclosure and advertising training Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Sarah E. Vaala, Francesca Mauceri, Olivia Connelly
YouTube unboxing videos have become a popular genre among youth, and hosts often receive financial or other incentives for showcasing products. Although sponsored relationships must be explicitly d...
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Current state of play: Children’s learning in the context of digital games Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Fran C. Blumberg, Rachel M. Flynn, Bruce D. Homer, Jakki O. Bailey, Cassondra M. Eng, C. Shawn Green, Michail Giannakos, Stamatis Papadakis, Douglas A. Gentile
Published in Journal of Children and Media (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Multidimensional predictors of adolescents’ nonacademic digital media use in the United States: Insights from a bioecological perspective Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Hwajin Yang, Sujin Yang, Yingjia Yang, Qin Ying Joann Tan
Using the revised bioecological model, we examined whether three broad factors predict adolescents’ nonacademic media use, with the exception of TV: (a) process factors that highlight a child’s fun...
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Childscape, mediascape: Children and media in India Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Cecilia Yuxi Zhou, Regina Jihea Ahn
Published in Journal of Children and Media (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Examining profiles of U.S. children’s screen time and associations with academic skills Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Linsah Coulanges, Heather J. Bachman, Melissa Libertus, Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal
Children’s screen time (ST) increased in recent years, but investigations of the content and context (e.g., parental presence, and device type) of ST in predicting early academic skills remains und...
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Learning letters, not language: The nature and quality of language and literacy apps used during remote learning with preschool children in the United States Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Elizabeth Burke Hadley, Meaghan McKenna, Katharine Hull
During the COVID-19 pandemic, early childhood educators (ECEs) made a rapid pivot to remote instruction. Much of this instruction was facilitated by digital learning resources, but the nature and q...
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COMPUGIRLS: How Girls of Color Find and Define Themselves in the Digital Age Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 AnneMarie K. McClain
Published in Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 18, No. 1, 2024)
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Teens and digital media: How do we move toward productive public discourse? Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Susannah Stern, Kristin Moran
In recent years, increased attention has been paid to possible linkages between youth digital media use and well-being. Greater scrutiny is certainly warranted, given how much time teens spend with...
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The paradox of play: How Dutch children develop digital literacy via offline engagement with digital media Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Joëlle Swart, Hanne Stegeman, Lucy Frowijn, Marcel Broersma
This paper considers how children develop digital literacy through offline practices of play. By inventing games, children rehearse and build up the competences, knowledge, and skills necessary to ...
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Playfully building resilience: Dutch children’s risk-managing tactics in digital risky play Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Denise Mensonides, Anna Van Cauwenberge, Marcel Broersma
In this paper, we coin the concept “digital risky play” and conceptualize this type of digital play. By means of a taxonomy of tactics that children develop and employ through digital risky play, w...
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Measuring digital well-being in everyday life among Slovenian adolescents: The Perceived Digital Well-Being in Adolescence Scale Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Jasmina Rosič, Luca Carbone, Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele, Bojana Lobe, Laura Vandenbosch
Previous research has mostly correlated screen time with adolescents’ social, cognitive, and emotional well-being outcomes, while overlooking adolescents’ subjective experiences of smartphone use. ...
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Factors influencing young people’s news consumption in Switzerland during normative transitions: A mixed methods study Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Nadine Klopfenstein, Valery Wyss, Wibke Weber
Several media studies have investigated the news consumption of young people and discussed where they get information and what motivates them to consume news. Little is known about the structural f...
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Testing an intervention to stimulate early adolescents’ news literacy application in the Netherlands: A classroom experiment Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Sanne L. Tamboer, Inge Molenaar, Tibor Bosse, Mariska Kleemans
In a time of blurring lines between online content, early adolescents’ (12–15 years old) lack of critical engagement with news is problematic. Therefore, we need more effective interventions to emp...
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Systematic review: Characteristics and outcomes of in-school digital media literacy interventions, 2010-2021 Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Keren Eyal, Tali Te'eni-Harari
This systematic review examines characteristics and outcomes of interventions for teaching digital media literacy in the educational system. Despite the development of media technology and the impo...
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Do parental control tools fulfil family expectations for child protection? A rapid evidence review of the contexts and outcomes of use Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Mariya Stoilova, Monica Bulger, Sonia Livingstone
Among the parental mediation strategies promoted by policymakers to ensure children’s safety in a digital age is the use of parental control tools. A rapid evidence review was conducted to identify...
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From experiencing parental mediation as a child to practicing it as a parent: An exploratory study with Israeli mothers Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Nelly Elias, Dafna Lemish, Galit Nimrod
This study of 267 mothers of young children explores, for the first time, the associations between recollection of parental mediation during childhood and current parental mediation of children’s m...
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Development, validity, and reliability of the parent-adolescent communication about adolescents’ social media use scale (PACAS) Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Ine Beyens, Loes Keijsers, Patti M. Valkenburg
Adolescents spend a substantial portion of their time using social media. Yet, there is a lack of understanding regarding how often parents and adolescents communicate about this social media use. ...
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Parental mediation and children’s digital well-being in family life in Norway Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Tove Lafton, Janniche E. B. Wilhelmsen, Halla B. Holmarsdottir
Because children are introduced to digital technology at an early age, their digital skills are influenced by digital learning and well-being in everyday life. This article examines how family valu...
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Do I have the right to share? Sharenting and psychological ownership of children’s information in the U.S. Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Xiaomei Cai
Sharenting refers to parents sharing private information about their children online. While satisfying important needs among parents, sharenting poses privacy risks to children and may interfere wi...
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Representation of refugee characters and experiences in children’s animated television: Missed opportunities and hopes Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Rumeysa Ozturk
This commentary article focuses on the representation of refugee characters and experiences in children’s media in the US context. While increased attention is being paid to improving diversity and...
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Child data citizens: How tech companies are profiling us from before birth Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Danielle Ball
Published in Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 17, No. 4, 2023)
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Awareness of digital commercial profiling among adolescents in Finland and their perspectives on online targeted advertisements Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Sonali Srivastava, Terhi-Anna Wilska, Jussi Nyrhinen
This study explores adolescents’ awareness of the sources that inform online profiling and their perspectives on online targeted advertisements. It employs thematic analysis to analyse eight focus ...
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The road to addiction (might be) paved with good intentions: Motives for social media use and psychological distress among early adolescents Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Alexandra Maftei, Loredana R. Diaconu-Gherasim
Relying on an extended functionalist perspective, in the present study we investigated how motives underlying social media use (i.e., conformity, social/the need for social relationships), coping (...
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Maternal factors and one-year-olds’ screen time: A cross-sectional study using birth cohort data from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Mai Fujii, Yasuyuki Kawanishi, Fusako Niwa, Kyoko Hirabayashi, Kumiko Tsuji Kanatani, Takeo Nakayama, the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group
Japanese studies have reported that one-year-olds have the longest media exposure among preschoolers. This cross-sectional study assesses associations between the screen time of 12–17-month-old chi...
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Parents’ understandings of social media algorithms in children’s lives in England: Misunderstandings, parked understandings, transactional understandings and proactive understandings amidst datafication Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Ranjana Das
In this paper, I ask how parents understand and make sense of their children’s relationships with social media algorithms. Drawing upon 30 think-aloud interviews with parents raising children aged ...
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Increasing knowledge about cognitive biases: An evaluation study of a radicalization prevention campaign targeted at European adolescents and young adults Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Brigitte Naderer, Diana Rieger, Heidi Schulze, Sophia Rothut
Confrontation with radical online content has been empirically linked to the facilitation of radicalization processes. Therefore, building a presence of information about potential prevention of ra...
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The youth social media literacy inventory: Development and validation using item response theory in the US Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Amanda Purington Drake, Philipp K. Masur, Natalie N. Bazarova, Wenting Zou, Janis Whitlock
Social media has opened new doors of opportunities and risks for youth. Potential risks include exposure to harmful content, engagement with strangers, or unwanted consequences from irresponsible o...
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The social media (moral) panic this time: Why CAM scholars may need a more complex approach Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Dafna Lemish
Published in Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 17, No. 3, 2023)
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Problematic media use in early childhood: The role of parent-child relationships and parental wellbeing in families in New Zealand and the United States Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Cara S. Swit, Sarah M. Coyne, Jane Shawcroft, Megan Gath, Rachel Barr, Hailey G. Holmgren, Laura Stockdale
Problematic media use (PMU) during early childhood has the potential to interfere with the healthy functioning of family systems and may be associated with significant long-term problems for the ch...
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Consent culture and teen films: Adolescent sexuality in U.S. movies Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Cara Dickason
Published in Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 17, No. 3, 2023)
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Respecting children`s rights in research ethics and research methods Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-07-16 Ingrid Stapf, Cora Biess, Jan Pfetsch, Felix Paschel
Published in Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 17, No. 3, 2023)
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How the COVID-19 shutdown revealed the effectiveness of a northern Nigerian educational media program Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Dina L.G. Borzekowski, Lauren E. Kauffman, Lauren Jacobs, Mamun Jahun, Hadiza Babayaro
ABSTRACT A team of researchers were investigating the impact of a Nigerian adaptation of Akili and Me when the COVID−19 pandemic struck. Schools shut down, interrupting the study’s quasi-experimental intervention design. Post-school reopening, researchers recontacted 363 children (mean age = 5.1, SD = 1.1 years) who had provided data at baseline and had completed the intervention. The analyses revealed
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Roadblocks and resistance: Digital mediation as a process of calibration among U.S. parents of adolescents Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Rachel Young, Melissa Tully
ABSTRACT Research in parental mediation often focuses on how parents’ practices for managing digital media are aligned with normative expectations. However, there is less research that explores parental mediation as a process, with practices changing over time in response to barriers and challenges. To address this gap, the goal of the current study is to examine parents’ decisions around not monitoring
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Assessing the state of media literacy policy in U.S. K-12 schools Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Daniela Kruel DiGiacomo, Erica Hodgin, Joseph Kahne, Samia Alkam, Caitlin Taylor
ABSTRACT Warning signs for the health of the American democracy abound. These challenges have multiple manifestations and multiple roots, but media and the Internet, more broadly, are implicated in prominent ways. Schools, the institutions charged with educating current and future generations, have a role to play in supporting the preparation of an informed citizenry. This study examines the extent
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Masters of media: A longitudinal study of parental media efficacy, media monitoring, and child problematic media use across early childhood in the United States Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-04-28 Sarah M. Coyne, Adam Rogers, Hailey G. Holmgren, McCall A. Booth, Megan Van Alfen, Holly Harris, Rachel Barr, Laura M. Padilla-Walker, J. Andan Sheppard, Jane Shawcroft, MarjAnn Ober
ABSTRACT The development of problematic media use in early childhood is not well understood. The current study examined long-term associations between parental media efficacy, parental media monitoring, and problematic media use across a three-year period of time during early childhood. Participants included 432 parents who reported on their own parenting and their child’s use of problematic media
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Toddlers and the Telly: A latent profile analysis of children’s television time and content and behavioral outcomes one year later in the U.S. Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Hailey G. Holmgren, Laura Stockdale, Jane Shawcroft, Sarah M. Coyne, Ashley M. Fraser
ABSTRACT Despite the ubiquity of tablets and smartphones, television remains the most frequently used screen media consumed by young children. However, it is likely that variability exists in how young children use media; for example, while some may view small amounts of aggressive content, others may view many hours each day of aggressive and prosocial media content. It is possible that differences
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Applying a family stress model to understand U.S. families’ patterns of stress, media use, and child behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Stephanie M. Reich, Yujia Liu, Nestor Tulagan, Esmeralda Martin, Melissa Dahlin, Natasha Cabrera
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly altered family life, and research among adults and families has found increases financial stress, mental health problems, screen time, parental conflict, and child behavior problems. Given these patterns, we sought to replicate these findings with a younger and largely non-white sample. Using the Family Stress Model, we consider how these constructs might
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Promoting research-based parenting strategies through U.S. local television news: An experimental evaluation of the Positive Parenting Newsfeed project Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Gabriel Piña, Alicia Torres, Isabel Griffith
ABSTRACT Research finds that parents’ knowledge and practices exert significant influence on the developmental outcomes of children and youth. Formal parenting programs that improve parenting knowledge and practices can positively impact children’s development and behavior; however, these programs tend to be limited in terms of their scope and size of the populations they serve. We conducted an experimental
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Parental mediation and problematic media use among U.S. children with disabilities and their non-disabled siblings during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Meryl Alper, Jennifer Manganello, Kimberly F. Colvin
ABSTRACT During the COVID-19 pandemic, caregivers of disabled children have faced adverse conditions complicating their media use management (i.e., parental mediation). Disabled children and non-disabled children in a household may also have distinct cognitive, emotional, and physical needs requiring different parental mediation strategies. In this exploratory study, we surveyed U.S. parents (N = 123)
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Understanding the Media in Young Children’s Lives: An Introduction to the Key Debates (1st ed.) Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-02-16 Sandra El Gemayel
Published in Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 17, No. 2, 2023)
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Grandsharenting: How grandparents in Belgium negotiate the sharing of personal information related to their grandchildren and engage in privacy management strategies on facebook Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Luna Staes, Michel Walrave, Lara Hallam
ABSTRACT Sharenting, the practice whereby parents disclose information about their children on social media, is ubiquitous in our digital society. Even though grandparents take on a considerable role in their grandchildren’s lives and use social media, little is known about grandparents’ sharenting behavior (i.e., grandsharenting). This study explores grandparents’ motives for grandsharenting and privacy
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Representations of LGBQ+ families in young children’s media Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-02-05 Allyson L. Snyder, James Alex Bonus, Drew P. Cingel
Published in Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 17, No. 1, 2023)
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No longer invisible, but still mistreated: Trans minors and the Spanish digital press (2006-2020) Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-01-11 Rubén Olveira-Araujo
ABSTRACT The increase in media attention towards trans issues in the last two decades has contributed to reinforcing its visibility. However, the media coverage of trans minors has hardly been addressed by previous literature. The objective of this study is to analyze the media coverage of trans children and adolescents in the Spanish digital press during the period 2006–2020. To do that, this article
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Love and sexual scripts: A content analysis of 19 Netflix teen series Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Annette M. Masterson, Nicole M. Messina
ABSTRACT Since 2015, Netflix has been one of the largest holders of teen viewers, greatly surpassing cable TV and other streaming platforms. This study focused on depictions of romantic love on screen, how these scenes intersected with sexual scripts, and the gender initiation and reception of this material. A content analysis was performed on 19 Netflix original series, which were coded using categories
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Under the influence of (alcohol)influencers? A qualitative study examining Belgian adolescents’ evaluations of alcohol-related Instagram images from influencers Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-12-20 Sofie Vranken, Kathleen Beullens, Delphine Geyskens, Jörg Matthes
ABSTRACT Influencers are important socialization agents among adolescents. There are rising concerns that influencers glamorize their alcohol behaviors and promote brands on Instagram. While exposure to alcohol messages influences adolescents’ alcohol use, it remains unclear how adolescents evaluate influencers’ alcohol images. We conducted 10 focus group interviews with 47 adolescents (Mage = 16.21;
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Helping parents understand the content of video games: updating the ESRB rating system Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-11-25 Sophie Duffy, Jeffrey Derevensky
ABSTRACT Video gaming has changed dramatically over the past three decades. A greater number of in-game features, life-like appearances, streaming, and new modes of gameplay have made video gaming engaging to all age groups. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) represents the North American video gaming industry and established the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) in 1994. The purpose
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Digital rights in digital exclusion settings: the experiences of institutionalised youth in Portuguese detention centres Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-11-21 Maria José Brites, Teresa Sofia Castro
ABSTRACT Institutionalised youths who are digitally disconnected while long-standing in detention centres (in Portugal, these are called educational centres) face constraints to their digital rights. Given that most youths already come from deprived contexts, their present and future lives are deeply challenged. This article explores data collected in the participatory project DiCi-Educa, based on
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Conceptualizing U.S. educational television as preparation for future learning Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-10-13 James Alex Bonus
ABSTRACT Children sometimes fail to transfer lessons gleaned from educational television. However, exposure to this content might impart foundational knowledge that facilitates children’s learning from subsequent formal instruction. This possibility is consistent with the predictions of a theoretical framework known as “preparation for future learning” (PFL). In the current experiment, 4- to 6-year-old
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Children and adolescents as news sources: research brief on voice and agency of minors in Swedish and Estonian journalistic regulative documents Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-10-06 Marju Himma-Kadakas, Carina Tenor
ABSTRACT This research briefly analyses Swedish and Estonian laws, journalistic codes of ethics, and newsroom guidelines that set the foundation for minors (not) being interviewed as news sources. Textual analysis of such documents shows that regardless of minors’ right to free expression, minors are mostly addressed only in victims’ roles, prioritizing protection over representation. Focus on guardian
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Predictors of children’s and young people’s digital engagement in informational, communication, and entertainment activities: findings from ten European countries Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-09-30 Davide Cino, David Lacko, Giovanna Mascheroni, David Šmahel
ABSTRACT Through a re-analysis of survey data collected with a sample of 9,731 youth aged 11–17 from 10 European countries, the article explores how some of the most popular online activities for children and young people (i.e., informational, social, and entertainment activities) relate to different types of perceived digital skills, as well as individual and social characteristics (such as age, gender
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Datafied Childhoods: data practices and imaginaries in children’s lives Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-09-25 Cristina Ponte
Published in Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 16, No. 4, 2022)
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Analysis of the constructions of children and the internet in Kenya and Ghana Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-09-23 Joan Njagi
ABSTRACT This article uses Kenya and Ghana as case studies to analyse the construction of children, information and communication technologies (ICT) and the internet in Africa. The article discusses the interaction of girl-child protection and media risk discourses and the implication for children, girls, and women in Africa. It highlights the positioning of children in relation to ICT and the internet
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A bifactor model of U.S. parents’ attitudes regarding mediation for the digital age Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-09-18 Jessica L. Navarro, Anne Fletcher, Michaeline Jensen
ABSTRACT Parents use digital-specific strategies to mitigate online risks and augment online benefits of digital technology in their children’s lives. The goal of this study was to develop and validate a measure of parents’ attitudes about mediation of digital technology. An internet-based survey was administered to 460 parents of children and adolescents in the United States. Exploratory bifactor
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Research brief: early adolescents’ perceptions of the motivations and consequences of sharing passwords with friends in Belgium Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Joris Van Ouytsel, Debra De Groote
ABSTRACT Despite indications that password sharing is prevalent among early adolescents, limited empirical research has sought to understand why young teenagers share their passwords with others. This exploratory study aims to address this research gap by investigating early adolescents’ perceptions of the motivations and consequences of sharing passwords with friends. In February and March 2020, we
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Trans young people and the media: transnormativity, agency, and social change Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-06-14 Damien W. Riggs, Joanna McIntyre
ABSTRACT At present the increased visibility of trans young people as agentic actors within the media is paired with ongoing negative media coverage of trans young people’s lives. Further, in order to secure visibility within the media trans young people are often expected to adhere to transnormative framings. This commentary highlights the need for a focus on how trans young people resist, rework
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The digital is kid stuff: making creative laborers for a precarious economy Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-06-14 Kyra Hunting
Published in Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 16, No. 3, 2022)
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Filters and fillers: Belgian adolescents’ filter use on social media and the acceptance of cosmetic surgery Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-05-25 Chelly Maes, Orpha de Lenne
ABSTRACT This study examined whether adolescents’ use of (a) body and (b) face filters was related to acceptance of cosmetic surgery (ACS) (i.e. intrapersonal and social acceptance, and intention). Attention was paid to possible differences according to adolescents’ (1) sex, (2) self-esteem, and (3) pubertal timing. A cross-sectional online survey among 333 Flemish adolescents (Mage = 16.06, SD = 1
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Honesty, morality, and parasocial relationships in U.S. children’s media Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-05-24 Nancy A. Jennings, Sarah F. Rosaen, Omotayo Banjo, Vanessa McCoy
ABSTRACT This study explores children’s responses to animated, ficational characters when honesty is put to the test through behaviors of racialized, peer-like media characters. Children (n = 178, aged 8–13 years) viewed an episode of a popular U.S. television program, Nickelodeon’s The Loud House, with a dishonest White character (Lincoln) or an honest Black character (Clyde). The findings confirm
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Exploring adolescents’ vulnerability and resilience to online risks in Trinidad and Tobago Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-05-07 Chantelle A. Cummings, Leah L. Cleghorn
ABSTRACT This study explored adolescents’ vulnerability and resilience to online risks in Trinidad and Tobago. Using nine focus groups consisting of fifty-one high school students, semi structured interviews were conducted to explore their experiences online and the strategies used to ensure their safety. The results indicate that adolescents experienced certain types of online risks and engaged in
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United States adolescents’ responses to sexual consent on television and the moderating role of anxious attachment Journal of Children and Media (IF 2.716) Pub Date : 2022-04-19 Cassandra Alexopoulos, Drew P. Cingel
ABSTRACT Understanding effects of televised depictions of sexual consent communication on adolescents is important, given that many individuals experience their first romantic and sexual relationships during this developmental period. Using the theory of planned behavior as a framework, we examined how portrayals of verbal and non-verbal sexual consent in adolescent-directed programming influenced