Journal of Children and Media

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Children and Media is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Representation of refugee characters and experiences in children’s animated television: Missed opportunities and hopes21
Predictors of children’s and young people’s digital engagement in informational, communication, and entertainment activities: findings from ten European countries19
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.19
Systematic review: Characteristics and outcomes of in-school digital media literacy interventions, 2010-202116
What do parents really know about their child’s online behaviour? Discrepancies between parents and their children in Israel16
The next time is now! How children and media professionals must respond to Russia’s war in Ukraine16
The road to addiction (might be) paved with good intentions: Motives for social media use and psychological distress among early adolescents14
Parental digital mediation: Restriction and enablement during the COVID-19 lockdown among low SES parents in Lima, Peru14
Is this a return to normal? Longitudinal trajectories of child screen and problematic media use across the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States13
“In your face!”: Do family communication patterns influence U.S. tween’s imitation of disrespectful talk and behavior found in their favorite television shows?13
Characters’ realism, not familiarity, improved Chinese children’s learning from video11
Integrating values into the social learning process: The occupational world in children’s television shows in Israel10
“My mom just wants to know where I am”: Estonian pre-teens’ perspectives on intimate surveillance by parents9
Evolution or revolution? Reflecting on what JOCAM at 18 reveals about our field9
A bifactor model of U.S. parents’ attitudes regarding mediation for the digital age9
Revealing the interplay between digital media use and affective well-being across developmental stages: Results of an experience sampling study with Austrian adolescents9
Digital ethics of care and digital citizenship in UK primary schools: Children as interviewers8
Thai teens’ privacy-related practices on Facebook8
Under the influence of (alcohol)influencers? A qualitative study examining Belgian adolescents’ evaluations of alcohol-related Instagram images from influencers8
Exploring adolescents’ vulnerability and resilience to online risks in Trinidad and Tobago7
U.S. adolescents’ daily social media use and well-being: Exploring the role of addiction-like social media use7
Socioeconomic disparities in Swiss children’s use of digital technology: A typological approach based on parental reports7
Deconstructing gender and media: A mixed methods study with U.S. early adolescents7
When screens are everywhere you look: Contemporary media ecologies in the United States6
Contesting the framing of digital risk: An analysis of Australian children’s experiences6
Assessing the state of media literacy policy in U.S. K-12 schools6
Remote observation of hands-on problem solving among preschool children: Methodological challenges and solutions6
Understanding the Media in Young Children’s Lives: An Introduction to the Key Debates (1st ed.) Understanding the Media in Young Children’s Lives: A5
The paradox of play: How Dutch children develop digital literacy via offline engagement with digital media5
The youth social media literacy inventory: Development and validation using item response theory in the US4
Empowering narratives: Understanding consent, personal boundaries, and body autonomy in US children’s picture books4
COVID-19 and children’s screen time in Ceará, Brazil: a repeated cross-sectional survey4
How do Canadian parents evaluate numeracy content in math apps for young children?4
The interplay between sensationalism and scientific information framing: Examining the representation of screen time research online and on social media in the United States4
Do parental control tools fulfil family expectations for child protection? A rapid evidence review of the contexts and outcomes of use4
Roadblocks and resistance: Digital mediation as a process of calibration among U.S. parents of adolescents4
Research brief: A quantitative content analysis to explore work value portrayals among characters in Belgian adolescents’ favorite TV series4
Respecting children`s rights in research ethics and research methods4
Research brief: early adolescents’ perceptions of the motivations and consequences of sharing passwords with friends in Belgium4
Parent problematic media use, child reactivity, and income: Context for parents’ use of media emotion regulation strategies in the United States4
Children’s perceptions of scary news in Belgium: Examining parental mediation and consolation strategies from their perspective4
Parental mediation and the relational practices of negotiation and resistance: Insights from a qualitative panel study from Germany3
Analysis of the constructions of children and the internet in Kenya and Ghana3
“Consent Is Sexy”: exploring the portrayal of prosocial sexuality messages in youth-oriented series3
Parental mediation and problematic media use among U.S. children with disabilities and their non-disabled siblings during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Problematic online gaming, subjective health complaints, and depression among adolescent gamers from the United States: the role of console-gaming aggression3
Bridging the cultures of research and practice: The global evolution of Sesame Street ’s playful problem-solving curriculum3
Parasocial romantic relationships: falling in love with media figures3
A research brief investigating educational television and U.S. children’s interest in science and world culture3
Do I have the right to share? Sharenting and psychological ownership of children’s information in the U.S.2
Picture perfect during a pandemic? Body image concerns and depressive symptoms in U.S. adolescent girls during the COVID-19 lockdown2
Gender and parent–adolescent differences in perceived media parenting: Evidence from a Chinese validation study2
Grandparents and children’s media use in the USA: Screen time, mediation practices, and relationship outcomes2
Digital parenting as internet governance: The case of China’s ‘Mum Jury’2
Age recommendations for children’s films: associations between advisories on a U.S. site and parents’ ratings2
Rules at home, rules online: Parental mediation and adolescents’ orientation toward social media community guidelines in the United States2
Honesty, morality, and parasocial relationships in U.S. children’s media2
Development, validity, and reliability of the parent-adolescent communication about adolescents’ social media use scale (PACAS)2
Water woes: The effects of children’s science media on conservation knowledge, self-efficacy, and environmental worry in the United States of America2
Teens and digital media: How do we move toward productive public discourse?2
Representations of LGBQ+ families in young children’s media2
Are cartoons pointless? Patterns of gesture and speech use in young children’s television programs in the U.S.2
Unveiling a blind spot: The importance and challenges of exploring the digital lives of minor parents2
Histories of children’s television around the world2
Journal of Children and Media comes of age: An introduction to the special section2
Measuring digital well-being in everyday life among Slovenian adolescents: The Perceived Digital Well-Being in Adolescence Scale2
Examining profiles of U.S. children’s screen time and associations with academic skills2
Datafied Childhoods: data practices and imaginaries in children’s lives2
Reassessing the risks: an updated content analysis of violence on U.S. children’s primetime television1
Predictors of young children’s problematic screen media use in Aotearoa New Zealand: Testing the interactional theory of childhood problematic media use model1
Representation in best-selling preschool storybook apps in the United States1
Exploring the effectiveness of mobile learning on early literacy skills of kindergarteners in Indonesia1
How film stories can inspire character strengths: A qualitative study among Dutch children1
Children and adolescents as news sources: research brief on voice and agency of minors in Swedish and Estonian journalistic regulative documents1
A call to action for teens, sex, and media research: Recommendations for structural support, collaboration, and funding1
Factors influencing young people’s news consumption in Switzerland during normative transitions: A mixed methods study1
There is no right age! The search for age-appropriate ways to support children’s digital lives and rights1
“I wonder, what if, let’s try”: Sesame Street ’s playful learning curriculum impacts children’s problem solving1
Educators as news mediators: Educational initiatives for war-related content in Israel1
COMPUGIRLS: How Girls of Color Find and Define Themselves in the Digital Age1
Preschoolers’ knowledge acquisition from German educational media: The impact of a training program fostering media sign literacy1
Parental mediation and children’s digital well-being in family life in Norway1
The role of socioeconomic status in U.S. children’s co-viewing television and family member relationship quality over time1
Longitudinal associations between parental screen time monitoring, screen time exposure, diet, and body mass index in young U.S. children1
Princesses and paupers: a content analysis of socioeconomic status in animated Disney films1
Generative AI and children’s digital futures: New research challenges1
Coparenting of child media use and associations with child media limits and frequency of media use in the United States1
What can heroes and villains teach young audiences? A research brief investigating the values emphasized in family-rated Walt Disney films1
The social media (moral) panic this time: Why CAM scholars may need a more complex approach1
“My brother teaches me everything”: Sibling mediation of young Israeli children’s media use1
Exploring children’s perspectives on parental surveillance in Belgium1
Affordance and ambivalence in South African teenage girls’ digital dating practices1
From experiencing parental mediation as a child to practicing it as a parent: An exploratory study with Israeli mothers1
U.S. tweens’ reactions to unboxing videos: Effects of sponsorship disclosure and advertising training1
It’s the will, not the skill: How malleability narratives affect Belgian adolescents’ academic development1
Does digital media use increase risk of social-emotional delay for Chinese preschoolers?1
Association between parent technology rules and loneliness among adolescents in the United States1
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)1
Digital media and technology use by families with infants, toddlers, and young children: A scoping review and call for forward momentum1
A call for the adoption of translational science principles in children’s media effects research1
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