Journal of Children and Media

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Children and Media is 4. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Youth in the crossfire: Polarization and fast-changing media environments48
Predictors of children’s and young people’s digital engagement in informational, communication, and entertainment activities: findings from ten European countries32
Representation of refugee characters and experiences in children’s animated television: Missed opportunities and hopes27
Audio description as a tool for supporting emotion processing in autistic children: Results of an eye-tracking study on randomised Polish participants aged 5–1226
Correction26
Systematic review: Characteristics and outcomes of in-school digital media literacy interventions, 2010-202120
Going gray for gains: Exploring the role of monochrome displays in enhancing children’s well-being in India20
Investigating the role of social media and news media in pro-environmental behaviors over time: An application of the general learning model among Belgian adolescents16
Parental digital mediation: Restriction and enablement during the COVID-19 lockdown among low SES parents in Lima, Peru15
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.15
Is this a return to normal? Longitudinal trajectories of child screen and problematic media use across the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States15
The road to addiction (might be) paved with good intentions: Motives for social media use and psychological distress among early adolescents15
“In your face!”: Do family communication patterns influence U.S. tween’s imitation of disrespectful talk and behavior found in their favorite television shows?15
Integrating values into the social learning process: The occupational world in children’s television shows in Israel14
Revealing the interplay between digital media use and affective well-being across developmental stages: Results of an experience sampling study with Austrian adolescents13
Characters’ realism, not familiarity, improved Chinese children’s learning from video13
A bifactor model of U.S. parents’ attitudes regarding mediation for the digital age12
Evolution or revolution? Reflecting on what JOCAM at 18 reveals about our field12
Under the influence of (alcohol)influencers? A qualitative study examining Belgian adolescents’ evaluations of alcohol-related Instagram images from influencers11
Deconstructing gender and media: A mixed methods study with U.S. early adolescents11
Let’s get critical! The effects of facilitated peer discussions on Dutch adolescents’ perceptions of risk behavior in entertainment media and real life11
Digital ethics of care and digital citizenship in UK primary schools: Children as interviewers11
Effect of co-engagement with a conversational agent on children’s video story comprehension and learning transfer: The role of children’s utterances11
Socioeconomic disparities in Swiss children’s use of digital technology: A typological approach based on parental reports10
When screens are everywhere you look: Contemporary media ecologies in the United States9
Quantifying intimacy: How datafied parenting practices reconfigure intimacy-making in urban China8
Assessing the state of media literacy policy in U.S. K-12 schools8
U.S. adolescents’ daily social media use and well-being: Exploring the role of addiction-like social media use8
Understanding the Media in Young Children’s Lives: An Introduction to the Key Debates (1st ed.) Understanding the Media in Young Children’s Lives: A7
Contesting the framing of digital risk: An analysis of Australian children’s experiences7
Remote observation of hands-on problem solving among preschool children: Methodological challenges and solutions6
Respecting children`s rights in research ethics and research methods6
The youth social media literacy inventory: Development and validation using item response theory in the US6
The paradox of play: How Dutch children develop digital literacy via offline engagement with digital media6
Research brief: early adolescents’ perceptions of the motivations and consequences of sharing passwords with friends in Belgium5
Parent problematic media use, child reactivity, and income: Context for parents’ use of media emotion regulation strategies in the United States5
How do Canadian parents evaluate numeracy content in math apps for young children?5
Digital disconnection as a socially embedded practice: A 360° examination of children’s everyday negotiations across family, school, and peer contexts in Flanders, Belgium5
Empowering narratives: Understanding consent, personal boundaries, and body autonomy in US children’s picture books5
Do parental control tools fulfil family expectations for child protection? A rapid evidence review of the contexts and outcomes of use5
Research brief: A quantitative content analysis to explore work value portrayals among characters in Belgian adolescents’ favorite TV series5
Social chatbots and minors: Challenges and opportunities to explore in future research5
The interplay between sensationalism and scientific information framing: Examining the representation of screen time research online and on social media in the United States5
Children’s perceptions of scary news in Belgium: Examining parental mediation and consolation strategies from their perspective5
Parents talking algorithms: Navigating datafication and family life in digital societies,4
Roadblocks and resistance: Digital mediation as a process of calibration among U.S. parents of adolescents4
Parental mediation and the relational practices of negotiation and resistance: Insights from a qualitative panel study from Germany4
The state of parental mediation research: A review of Media parenting: Theory and research on parent, child, and media interactions4
A research brief investigating educational television and U.S. children’s interest in science and world culture4
Parent and clinician perspectives on the ethics of extended reality technologies for neurodivergent children in the U.S.4
Parental mediation and problematic media use among U.S. children with disabilities and their non-disabled siblings during the COVID-19 pandemic4
The politics of showing and not showing: Politicized media representations of war-affected children in the East and the West4
Bridging the cultures of research and practice: The global evolution of Sesame Street ’s playful problem-solving curriculum4
Analysis of the constructions of children and the internet in Kenya and Ghana4
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