Journal of Children and Media

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Children and Media is 3. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Representation of refugee characters and experiences in children’s animated television: Missed opportunities and hopes27
Predictors of children’s and young people’s digital engagement in informational, communication, and entertainment activities: findings from ten European countries20
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.16
What do parents really know about their child’s online behaviour? Discrepancies between parents and their children in Israel16
Going gray for gains: Exploring the role of monochrome displays in enhancing children’s well-being in India16
The next time is now! How children and media professionals must respond to Russia’s war in Ukraine14
Systematic review: Characteristics and outcomes of in-school digital media literacy interventions, 2010-202114
“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
Parental digital mediation: Restriction and enablement during the COVID-19 lockdown among low SES parents in Lima, Peru13
The road to addiction (might be) paved with good intentions: Motives for social media use and psychological distress among early adolescents12
Is this a return to normal? Longitudinal trajectories of child screen and problematic media use across the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States11
Characters’ realism, not familiarity, improved Chinese children’s learning from video10
Revealing the interplay between digital media use and affective well-being across developmental stages: Results of an experience sampling study with Austrian adolescents9
Integrating values into the social learning process: The occupational world in children’s television shows in Israel9
“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
Digital ethics of care and digital citizenship in UK primary schools: Children as interviewers8
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 Tobago8
Thai teens’ privacy-related practices on Facebook8
Deconstructing gender and media: A mixed methods study with U.S. early adolescents7
Socioeconomic disparities in Swiss children’s use of digital technology: A typological approach based on parental reports7
Assessing the state of media literacy policy in U.S. K-12 schools7
Contesting the framing of digital risk: An analysis of Australian children’s experiences6
When screens are everywhere you look: Contemporary media ecologies in the United States6
Understanding the Media in Young Children’s Lives: An Introduction to the Key Debates (1st ed.) Understanding the Media in Young Children’s Lives: A6
U.S. adolescents’ daily social media use and well-being: Exploring the role of addiction-like social media use6
Remote observation of hands-on problem solving among preschool children: Methodological challenges and solutions5
Research brief: early adolescents’ perceptions of the motivations and consequences of sharing passwords with friends in Belgium5
Respecting children`s rights in research ethics and research methods5
The youth social media literacy inventory: Development and validation using item response theory in the US5
Empowering narratives: Understanding consent, personal boundaries, and body autonomy in US children’s picture books5
The paradox of play: How Dutch children develop digital literacy via offline engagement with digital media5
Do parental control tools fulfil family expectations for child protection? A rapid evidence review of the contexts and outcomes of use5
Parental mediation and problematic media use among U.S. children with disabilities and their non-disabled siblings during the COVID-19 pandemic4
COVID-19 and children’s screen time in Ceará, Brazil: a repeated cross-sectional survey4
Parent problematic media use, child reactivity, and income: Context for parents’ use of media emotion regulation strategies in the United States4
How do Canadian parents evaluate numeracy content in math apps for young children?4
Research brief: A quantitative content analysis to explore work value portrayals among characters in Belgian adolescents’ favorite TV series4
Children’s perceptions of scary news in Belgium: Examining parental mediation and consolation strategies from their perspective4
Roadblocks and resistance: Digital mediation as a process of calibration among U.S. parents of adolescents4
The interplay between sensationalism and scientific information framing: Examining the representation of screen time research online and on social media in the United States4
Analysis of the constructions of children and the internet in Kenya and Ghana3
Bridging the cultures of research and practice: The global evolution of Sesame Street ’s playful problem-solving curriculum3
Parental mediation and the relational practices of negotiation and resistance: Insights from a qualitative panel study from Germany3
Problematic online gaming, subjective health complaints, and depression among adolescent gamers from the United States: the role of console-gaming aggression3
A research brief investigating educational television and U.S. children’s interest in science and world culture3
Parasocial romantic relationships: falling in love with media figures3
Assessing Belgian adolescents’ negative digital experiences in everyday life: The mundane digital harms scale3
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