📢JoCAM Vol20, Issue 2 is #OutNow, featuring research on parental mediation, digital harms and inequalities, children’s interactions with robots and conversational agents, AI chatbots and minors, children’s smartphone management, and more from🇧🇪 🇨🇳 🇨🇿 🇵🇱 🇰🇷 🇸🇪 🇺🇸. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rchm20/2...

#OutNow Using nationally representative Pew American Trends Panel data, @walkerwestbrewer.bsky.social and colleagues examine how parental identity, alternative media use, and broader uncertainty around gender norms relate to public opinion on transgender rights in the 🇺🇸. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1748...

The parent trap: The roles of parent status and pervasive ambiguity about gender in public opinion on transgender rights in the United States

The rights of transgender youth have become a defining site of cultural and political conflict in the United States, with parents increasingly positioned as moral and political arbiters. Using nati...

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Taylor Agajanian@cyborglibrarian.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New paper alert, out today in @journalcam.bsky.social with my esteemed colleagues @walkerwestbrewer.bsky.social, @ifra-j.bsky.social, and @billard.bsky.social 🥳 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow How is ageing represented in children’s television available in Flanders 🇧🇪? A new study by Linde Bossuyt examines how older adults and ageing are portrayed in children’s TV, a key issue given that these representations can shape views on age and ageing from an early age. 📺👩‍🦳

A tale as old as time: A qualitative content analysis on the representation of ageing in children’s television available in Flanders

Children’s television plays a significant role as a storyteller, shaping societal perceptions through entertainment narratives. These stories inform children’s worldview on age and ageing, raising ...

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#OutNow How does children’s use of #ArtificialIntelligence relate to problematic media use and socioemotional problems? Sarah M. Coyne, J. Sheffield, T. Hirschi, S. Ashby & A. Rose used survey data to examine those relationships among 🇺🇸 children aged 6-8 and their parents. doi.org/10.1080/1748...

Chatbots and childhood: A research brief on the associations between artificial intelligence use, problematic media use, and socioemotional problems in children from the United States

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly common, yet little research has explored its use during childhood. The current study examined two types of AI use (voice assistant a...

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#OutNow How do datafied parenting practices reshape intimacy-making in urban China? 📊 In this qualitative study, @hazelwy.bsky.social & Jin Qian interviewed 12 🇨🇳 parents about their use of parenting apps in everyday caregiving. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Quantifying intimacy: How datafied parenting practices reconfigure intimacy-making in urban China

As the ubiquity of data culture increasingly infiltrates various domains of life, it has profoundly reshaped our experiences and perceptions of relationships and the formation of intimacy. This pap...

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#OutNow How do parents and children experience and negotiate delaying smartphone access? Vaterlaus, Carney & Kroemer-Spiess examine 🇺🇸 families who delay smartphone ownership in adolescence, at a time when access is nearly universal and often a developmental milestone. 🔓 doi.org/10.1080/1748...

Delaying adolescent smartphone ownership: A qualitative dyadic study with parents and adolescents

Smartphones are being acquired at increasingly younger ages in the United States. Although existing research suggests that the age of acquisition is not strongly associated with adolescent outcomes...

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Volume 20, issue 1 (2026) is out! With theoretically and methodologically diverse studies from 🇮🇩 🇮🇳 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇸🇪 🇮🇱 🇳🇿 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸, two commentaries from @desireeschmuck.bsky.social and Yağmur Gümüşboğa and two book reviews by Djoymi Baker and @devinasarwatay.bsky.social. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rchm20/2...

With our wrap-up of last year’s JoCAM research now complete, here is a look at the 10 most-read articles of 2025. They reflect a diverse interest in children’s digital rights, expressive citizenship, well-being, self-presentation & emerging technologies. www.tandfonline.com/action/showM...

A 🇨🇭 study from @leoroe.bsky.social using latent class analysis identified 4 ICT use types in 7–10-yo: heavy users, moderate entertainment users, educational explorers & non-users. Higher SES linked to limited or learning-oriented use; lower SES to entertainment-heavy use. doi.org/10.1080/1748...

From Vol.19(4): A 3-wave study in 6 European countries by @cybermarie.bsky.social et al. shows that perceived discrimination predicts intentional & unintentional cyberhate exposure. Digital literacy dimensions play distinct roles in increasing or reducing exposure. doi.org/10.1080/1748...

Adolescents’ intentional and unintentional cyberhate exposure in Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Portugal: The role of perceived discrimination and digital literacy

Cyberhate refers to hateful and biased online content that targets people based on their group membership. This study differentiates between intentional and unintentional cyberhate exposure and exa...

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JoCAM Vol.19(4) brings work from the US, Europe, Asia & Africa, covering children’s TV, parental roles, problematic media use, data-generating tech at home, digital disparities, teens’ digital dating, caregiver–child interactions, war news mediation & cyberhate. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rchm20/1...

This article by K. Foulds et al evaluates Takalani Sesame in 🇿🇦 showing that play-based educational media can support children’s problem-solving like strategy use, monitoring progress & positive affect in a low & middle-income context where evidence is limited. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A media-based approach to build preschoolers’ playful problem-solving skills in South Africa: An evaluation of Takalani Sesame

A critical component of early childhood development, evidence links learning through play with a wide range of child outcomes, including creative problem solving. As such, a small but growing body ...

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In Vol19 n°3 Jian Xu & Xinyu Zhao look at a group of mothers in Beijing who monitor harmful online content and support initiatives against internet addiction. They compare this with Western NGOs and highlight digital parenting as micro-level internet governance. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Digital parenting as internet governance: The case of China’s ‘Mum Jury’

Published in Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 19, No. 3, 2025)

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Best wishes for 2026 from the Journal of Children and Media! Thank you for being part of our community. looking forward to another year of brilliant and insightful research.

Below is an overview of vol19 issue3 with great studies from the US, the Netherlands, Germany, South Africa, Austria & Belgium, a book review of Digital Girlhoods by Nancy Jennings & a commentary on digital parenting as internet governance by Jian Xu & Xinyu Zhao www.tandfonline.com/toc/rchm20/1...

Reviewed Parents Talking Algorithms by @profranjanadas.bsky.social for @journalcam.bsky.social must-read for all interested in datafication of family life & digital sociology I highlight the book’s methodological rigour conceptual innovations implications here: doi.org/10.1080/1748... #CityStGSCC

We would like to warmly thank @vikkikatz.bsky.social as she concludes her time as editor of JOCAM. Thank you, Vikki, for your care and commitment to the journal; we are so grateful for your dedication to the community and efforts to make JOCAM more representative of the field's diverse scholarship.

Honored and stoked to be awarded the best dissertation award from the Children, Adolescents, and Media (CAM) division of @icahdq.bsky.social ! 🎉

We congratulate this year's CAM Division award winners at #ICA25! Don't miss their sessions showcasing outstanding CAM scholarship: > Top Student lead Paper (first authored by): Weiqi Tian > Top Faculty Papers (first authored by): Darian Harff Jane Shawcraft > Top Dissertation: Luca Carbone

This year, the CAM division is pleased to contribute to #ICA25 with no less than 14 density sessions featuring 84 papers, 1 research escalator session, and 1 poster session. Join CAM scholars for the Business Meeting today at 4:30 PM (local time), followed by the Division Reception at 6 PM!

We are looking forward to five days of exciting new CAM research, division meetings, and inspiration at #ICA25. See you in Denver! @icahdq.bsky.social

📢 Call for Papers The journal Psychology of Popular Media is inviting submissions for an upcoming #SpecialIssue on "New Media and Body Image" that may be of particular interest to CAM scholars. Full details and submission guidelines: www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

The first study of my PhD has been published in @journalcam.bsky.social! 🎉 Together with @baldwinvangorp.bsky.social and @michaelopgenhaffen.bsky.social, we studied what factors in news elicit fear in children and how they perceive and experience the mediation of news by adults. Read it here!

Children’s perceptions of scary news in Belgium: Examining parental mediation and consolation strategies from their perspective

Negative news items can cause fear reactions in children, which has prompted various parental mediation strategies and recommendations for news makers on how to make the news less scary. However, r...

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The latest issue of the Journal of British Cinema and Television focusing on “UK Broadcasting and Media for Children: Past, Present and Looking to the Future”, features work that may be of interest to JoCAM readers. More info here: doi.org/10.3366/jbct...

Front matter | Journal of British Cinema and Television

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Cindy Carter@cindylcarter.bsky.social · last yr.

In this special issue, see my children's media policy report co-authored with Jeanette Steemers (KCL) "Speaking with One Voice –The Future of UK Children’s PSB Provision and Policy Making, Updated"

We’re excited to welcome Anaëlle Gonzalez @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social to the team as our new Social Media Editor! She’s the talent behind the great content you’ve seen recently, and we’re looking forward to what’s ahead. Welcome, Anaëlle!

🎉 Happy to share my first PhD paper, published in @journalcam.bsky.social! 💡 4 types of Swiss children’s ICT use 🧒📱 💡 Higher-SES: Limited use vs. learning-oriented use as competing strategies 💡 Lower-SES: Parents more critical of ICT, but limited use is still less common doi.org/10.1080/1748...

How do different digital media activities impact youth's affective well-being, and how does this vary across developmental stages? Mayen, S., Reinhardt, A., & Wilhelm, C. examined this in an ESM study among Austrian youth 🇦🇹. 🔓 Open access: doi.org/10.1080/1748...

3️⃣ Finally, the authors of the third set of commentaries in the special issue explore the challenges—and potential opportunities for advancement—embedded in the methods, measures, and theories commonly used by CAM scholars. (1/8)

2️⃣The second set of contributions of the special issue, on evolution and innovation in media and technology, describes how the rapidly changing media environment has impacted childhood and, thus, our CAM research and scholarship (1/7)

1️⃣ This first set of papers in the special issue considers the changing definitions and experiences of children and childhood since JOCAM was first published, and what these changes suggest for CAM scholarship as we look to the future. (1/7)