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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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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