2017

Advertising

• Berry, N.M., et al, 2017. Public attitudes to government intervention to regulate food advertising, especially to children. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 28, 85–87
• Brown, C.L., et al, 2017. Influence of product placement in children’s movies on children’s snack choices. Appetite 114, 118–124.
• Cosenza, E.L., et al, 2017. Analysis of food advertising in children’s TV programming. FASEB J 31, 45.2-45.2.
• Dixon, H., et al, 2017. Food marketing with movie character toys: Effects on young children’s preferences for unhealthy and healthier fast food meals. Appetite 117, 342–350
• Elliott, C., 2017. Knowledge needs and the ‘savvy’ child: teenager perspectives on banning food marketing to children. Critical Public Health 27, 430–442.
• Folkvord, F., et al. 2017. Does a ‘protective’ message reduce the impact of an advergame promoting unhealthy foods to children? An experimental study in Spain and The Netherlands. Appetite 112, 117–123.
• Hartmann, M et al. 2017. Children’s purchase behavior in the snack market: Can branding or lower prices motivate healthier choices? Appetite 117: 247
• Herédia, A.M., et al, 2017. Fast-food marketing strategies and their impact on childhood obesity. Journal of Spatial and Organizational Dynamics, 1 5, 296–315.
• Hudders, L., et al, 2017. Shedding new light on how advertising literacy can affect children’s processing of embedded advertising formats: A future research agenda. Journal of Advertising 46, 333–349.
• Hurwitz, L.B., Montague, H., Wartella, E., 2017. food marketing to children online: a content analysis of food company websites. Health Communication 32, 366–371.
• Jernigan, D., et al, 2017. Alcohol marketing and youth alcohol consumption: a systematic review of longitudinal studies published since 2008. Addiction 112, 7–20.
• Kent, M; Cameron, C; Philippe, S. 2017. The healthfulness and prominence of sugar in child-targeted breakfast cereals in Canada. Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy & Practice. Vol. 37 Issue 9, p266-273. 8p.
• Lapierre, M.A., et al. 2017. The effect of advertising on children and adolescents. Pediatrics 140, S152–S156.
• Neyens, E., Smits, T., Boyland, E., 2017. Transferring game attitudes to the brand: persuasion from age 6 to 14. International Journal of Advertising 36, 724–742.
• Ogle, A.D., et al, 2017. Influence of cartoon media characters on children’s attention to and preference for food and beverage products. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 117, 265–270.e2.
• Pitt, H., et al, 2017. What do children observe and learn from televised sports betting advertisements? A qualitative study among Australian children. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 41, 604–610.
• Prowse, R. 2017.  Food marketing to children in Canada: a settings-based scoping review on exposure, power and impact. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada-Research Policy and Practice Volume: 37   Issue: 9   Special Issue: SI   Pages: 274-292   Part: 1
• Signal, L.N., et al. 2017. Children’s everyday exposure to food marketing: an objective analysis using wearable cameras. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 14.
• Swinburn, B., et al 2017. Proposed new industry code on unhealthy food marketing to children and young people: will it make a difference? N. Z. Med. J. 130, 94–101.
• van Reijmersdal, E.A., et al, 2017. This is advertising! Effects of disclosing television brand placement on adolescents. J Youth Adolescence 46, 328–342.
• Vandevijvere, S., et al 2017. Unhealthy food marketing to New Zealand children and adolescents through the internet. Faculty of Social Sciences – Papers 32–43.
• Vandevijvere, S., Soupen, A., Swinburn, B., 2017. Unhealthy food advertising directed to children on New Zealand television: extent, nature, impact and policy implications. Public Health Nutrition 20, 3029–3040.
• Velazquez, C.E., Black, J.L., Potvin Kent, M., 2017. Food and beverage marketing in schools: A review of the evidence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, 1054.
• Wicker, S.B., Karlsson, K., 2017. Internet advertising: Technology, ethics, and a serious difference of opinion . Commun. ACM 60, 70–79.

Children’s understanding of media

• Diergarten, A.K., et al. 2017. The impact of media literacy on children’s learning from films and hypermedia. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 48, 33–41.
• Kirkorian, H.L., Choi, K., 2017. Associations between toddlers’ naturalistic media experience and observed learning from screens. Infancy 22, 271–277
• Kleemans, M., et al. 2017. Children’s responses to negative news: the effects of constructive reporting in newspaper stories for children. J Commun 67, 781–802.
• Kruuse, K., Kalmus, V., 2017. Supernatural creatures, accidents, and war: Young children’s television-related fears and coping strategies. Television & New Media 18, 252–268.
• Manches, A., Plowman, L., 2017. Computing education in children’s early years: A call for debate. Br J Educ Technol 48, 191–201
• Neuman, S.B., Wong, K.M., Kaefer, T., 2017. Content not form predicts oral language comprehension: the influence of the medium on preschoolers’ story understanding. Read Writ 30, 1753–1771.
• Pitt, H., et al, 2017. What do children observe and learn from televised sports betting advertisements? A qualitative study among Australian children. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 41, 604–610.
• Šramová, B., Pavelka, J., 2017. The perception of media messages by preschool children. Young Consumers 18, 121–140.
• Tarasuik, J., Demaria, A., Kaufman, J., 2017. Transfer of problem solving skills from touchscreen to 3D model by 3- to 6-year-olds. Front Psychol 8.
• Willett, R., 2017. ‘Friending someone means just adding them to your friends list, not much else’: Children’s casual practices in virtual world games. Convergence 23, 325–340.

Media content and impacts

• Calvert, S.L., et al, 2017. The American Psychological Association Task Force assessment of violent video games: Science in the service of public interest. American Psychologist 72, 126–143.
• DeCamp, W., Ferguson, C.J., 2017. The impact of degree of exposure to violent video games, family background, and other factors on youth violence. J Youth Adolescence 46, 388–400.
• Dillon, K.P., Bushman, B.J., 2017. Effects of exposure to gun violence in movies on children’s interest in real guns. JAMA Pediatr.
• Gabbiadini Alessandro, Riva Paolo, 2017. The lone gamer: Social exclusion predicts violent video game preferences and fuels aggressive inclinations in adolescent players. Aggressive Behavior 44, 113–124.
• Gentile, D.A., et al. 2017. Internet Gaming Disorder in children and adolescents. Pediatrics 140, S81–S85.
• Hoge, E, Bickham, D, Cantor,J (2017) Digital media, anxiety, and depression in children Pediatrics VOLUME 140 / ISSUE Supplement 2
• Kostyrka-Allchorne, K., Cooper, N.R., Simpson, A., 2017. The relationship between television exposure and children’s cognition and behaviour: A systematic review. Developmental Review 44, 19–58.
• Kostyrka-Allchorne, K., et al, 2017. Differential effects of film on preschool children’s behaviour dependent on editing pace. Acta Paediatr 106, 831–836
• Mack, I., et al, 2017. Chances and limitations of video games in the fight against childhood obesity – A systematic review. Eur. Eat. Disorders Rev. 25, 237–267.
• McDade-Montez, E., Wallander, J., Cameron, L., 2017. Sexualization in U.S. Latina and white girls’ preferred children’s television programs. Sex Roles 77, 1–15.
• Mérelle, S.Y., et al, 2017. Which health-related problems are associated with problematic video-gaming or social media use in adolescents? A large-scale cross-sectional study. Clinical Neuropsychiatry 14.
• Robinson, T.N., et al 2017. Screen media exposure and obesity in children and adolescents. Pediatrics 140, S97–S101.
• Schoeppe, S.,et al, 2017. Apps to improve diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents: a review of quality, features and behaviour change techniques. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 14, 83.
• Slater, A., et al. 2017. More than just child’s play?: An experimental investigation of the impact of an appearance-focused internet game on body image and career aspirations of young girls. J Youth Adolescence 46, 2047–2059.

Media usage

• Assathiany, R., et al. 2017. Children and screens: A survey by French pediatricians. Archives de Pédiatrie
• Avery, A., Anderson, C., McCullough, F., 2017. Associations between children’s diet quality and watching television during meal or snack consumption: A systematic review. Matern Child Nutr 13
• Barber, S.E., et al, 2017. Prevalence, trajectories, and determinants of television viewing time in an ethnically diverse sample of young children from the UK. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 14, 88
• Beard, C.L., et al, 2017. Age of initiation and Internet Gaming Disorder: The role of self-esteem. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 20, 397–401.
• Cheung, C.H.M., 2017. Daily touchscreen use in infants and toddlers is associated with reduced sleep and delayed sleep onset. Sci Rep 7
• DeCamp, W., 2017. Who plays violent video games? An exploratory analysis of predictors of playing violent games. Personality and Individual Differences 117, 260–266.
• Domingues-Montanari, S., 2017. Clinical and psychological effects of excessive screen time on children. J Paediatr Child Health 53, 333–338
• Domoff, S.E., et al, 2017. Early childhood risk factors for mealtime TV exposure and engagement in low-income families. Academic Pediatrics 17, 411–415.
• Downing, K.L., et al, 2017. Do the correlates of screen time and sedentary time differ in preschool children? BMC Public Health 17, 285
• Dube, N., et al,  2017. The use of entertainment and communication technologies before sleep could affect sleep and weight status: a population-based study among children. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 14, 97.
• Elias, N., Sulkin, I., 2017. YouTube viewers in diapers: An exploration of factors associated with amount of toddlers’ online viewing. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace 11.
• Ferrara, P., et al, 2017. Internet addiction: Starting the debate on health and well-being of children overexposed to digital media. The Journal of Pediatrics 191, 280–281.e1.
• Gebremariam, M.K., et al, 2017. Screen-based sedentary time: Association with soft drink consumption and the moderating effect of parental education in European children: The ENERGY study. PLOS ONE 12, e0171537
• Hannaford, J., Beavis, C., 2018. When will the Internet be connected? Digital worlds and belonging in the lives of globally mobile children. Literacy 52, 47–54.
• Haslam, D.M., Tee, A., Baker, S., 2017. The use of social media as a mechanism of social support in parents. J Child Fam Stud 26, 2026–2037
• Hinkley, T., et al, 2017. Does preschool physical activity and electronic media use predict later social andemotional skills at 6 to 8 years? A cohort study. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 14, 308–316.
• Howie, E.K., et al, 2017. Head, trunk and arm posture amplitude and variation, muscle activity, sedentariness and physical activity of 3 to 5 year-old children during tablet computer use compared to television watching and toy play. Applied Ergonomics 65, 41–50.
• Isik, B., Ayaz Alkaya, S., 2017. Internet use and psychosocial health of school aged children. Psychiatry Research 255, 204–208.
• Jennings, N., 2017. Media and families: Looking ahead. Journal of Family Communication 17, 203–207.
• Kostyrka-Allchorne, K., Cooper, N.R., Simpson, A., 2017. Touchscreen generation: children’s current media use, parental supervision methods and attitudes towards contemporary media. Acta Paediatr 106, 654–662
• Livingstone, S., Third, A., 2017. Children and young people’s rights in the digital age: An emerging agenda. New Media & Society 19, 657–670
• Merga, M.K., Mat Roni, S., 2017. The influence of access to eReaders, computers and mobile phones on children’s book reading frequency. Computers & Education 109, 187–196.
• Miller, J.L., et al, 2017. Looking beyond swiping and tapping: Review of design and methodologies for researching young children’s use of digital technologies. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace 11.
• Mundy, L.K., et al. 2017. The association between electronic media and emotional and behavioral problems in late childhood. Academic Pediatrics 17, 620–624.
• Nikken, P., 2017. Implications of low or high media use among parents for young children’s media use. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace 11.
• Potter, A., Goldsmith, B., 2017. Reality’s children: young people and factual entertainment television. Media International Australia 164, 44–55.
• Rees, G., 2017. Children’s activities and time use: Variations between and within 16 countries. Children and Youth Services Review, Children’s Well-being around the world: Findings from the Children’s Worlds (ISCWeB) project 80, 78–87.
• Scott, D.A., Valley, B., Simecka, B.A., 2017. Mental health concerns in the Digital Age. Int J Ment Health Addiction 15, 604–613.
• Taylor, G., Monaghan, P., Westermann, G., 2017. Investigating the association between children’s screen media exposure and vocabulary size in the UK. Journal of Children and Media 0, 1–15.
• Willett, R., 2017. ‘Friending someone means just adding them to your friends list, not much else’: Children’s casual practices in virtual world games. Convergence 23, 325–340.
• Wu, Xiaoyan et al, 2017. The relationship between screen time, nighttime sleep duration, and behavioural problems in preschool children in China. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 26, 541–548.
• Yan, H., et al, 2017. Associations among screen time and unhealthy behaviors, academic performance, and well-being in Chinese adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, 596.
• Yang-Huang, J., et al, 2017. Socioeconomic differences in children’s television viewing trajectory: A population-based prospective cohort study. PLOS ONE 12, e0188363.
• Zhang, M., Tillman, D.A., An, S.A., 2017. Global prevalence of sleep deprivation in students and heavy media use. Educ Inf Technol 22, 239–254.

Mitigating media impacts

• Anderson, S et al, 2017. Self-regulation and household routines at age three and obesity at age eleven: longitudinal analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Int J Obes 41, 1459–1466
• Beyens, I., Beullens, K., 2017. Parent–child conflict about children’s tablet use: The role of parental mediation. New Media & Society 19, 2075–2093.
• Brown, A., Smolenaers, E., 2018. Parents’ interpretations of screen time recommendations for children younger than 2 years. Journal of Family Issues 39, 406–429.,
• Bulger, M., et al, 2017. Where policy and practice collide: Comparing United States, South African and European Union approaches to protecting children online. New Media & Society 19, 750–764.
• Coyne, S.M., et al. 2017. Parenting and digital media. Pediatrics 140, S112–S116.
• Fikkers, K.M., Piotrowski, J.T., Valkenburg, P.M., 2017. A matter of style? Exploring the effects of parental mediation styles on early adolescents’ media violence exposure and aggression. Computers in Human Behavior 70, 407–415
• Fisher, P.G., 2017. Put down that smartphone and read to me! The Journal of Pediatrics 191, 1–2.
• Keith, B.E., Steinberg, S., 2017. Parental sharing on the internet: child privacy in the age of social media and the pediatrician’s role. JAMA Pediatr 171, 413–414.
• Kleemans, M., Schlindwein, L.F., Dohmen, R., 2017. Preadolescents’ emotional and prosocial responses to negative tv news: investigating the beneficial effects of constructive reporting and peer discussion. J Youth Adolescence 46, 2060–2072.
• Lapierre, M.A., et al. 2017. The effect of advertising on children and adolescents. Pediatrics 140, S152–S156.
• Livingstone, S., Third, A., 2017. Children and young people’s rights in the digital age: An emerging agenda. New Media & Society 19, 657–670.
• Mares, M.-L., et al, 2018. A house divided: Parental disparity and conflict over media rules predict children’s outcomes. Computers in Human Behavior 81, 177–188.
• Stiller, A., et al, 2017. Involving teachers in reducing children’s media risks. Health Education 118, 31–47.
• Teichert, Laura. (2017): “To digital or not to digital: How mothers are navigating the digital world with their young children.” Language and Literacy 19.1 63.
• Turner, K.H., et al. 2017. Developing digital and media literacies in children and adolescents. Pediatrics 140, S122–S126.

Technology specific issues

• Bener, A., 2017. Lifestyle factors and internet addiction among school children. European Psychiatry 41, S431.
• Gabbiadini Alessandro, Riva Paolo, 2017. The lone gamer: Social exclusion predicts violent video game preferences and fuels aggressive inclinations in adolescent players. Aggressive Behavior 44, 113–124.
• Gentile, D.A., et al. 2017. Internet Gaming Disorder in children and adolescents. Pediatrics 140, S81–S85.
• Gentile, D.A., Bender, P.K., Anderson, C.A., 2017. Violent video game effects on salivary cortisol, arousal, and aggressive thoughts in children. Computers in Human Behavior 70, 39–43.
• Hardell, L., 2018. Effects of mobile phones on children’s and adolescents’ health: A commentary. Child Dev 89, 137–140.
• Katsarov, J., et al, 2017. Training moral sensitivity through video games: A review of suitable game mechanisms. Games and Culture 1555412017719344.
• Krantz, A., et al. 2017. Violent video games exposed: A blow by blow account of senseless violence in games. The Journal of Psychology 151, 76–87.
• McBride, J., Derevensky, J., 2017. Gambling and video game playing among youth.  Journal of Gambling Issues. Issue: 34   Pages: 156-178.
• McInroy, L.B., Mishna, F., 2017. Cyberbullying on online gaming platforms for children and youth. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 34, 597–607.
• Mohammed, B., et al, 2017. Evaluation of children’s exposure to electromagnetic fields of mobile phones using age-specific head models with age-dependent dielectric properties. IEEE Access 5, 27345–27353.
• Moreno, M.A., 2017. Your child’s first cell phone.  JAMA Pediatr 171, 608–608.
• Potter, A., 2017. Regulating contemporary children’s television: how digitisation is re-shaping compliance norms and production practices. Media International Australia 163, 20–30.
• Potter, A., Steemers, J., 2017. Children’s television in transition: policies, platforms and production Media International Australia 163, 6–12.
• Schneider, L.A., King, D.L., Delfabbro, P.H., 2017. Family factors in adolescent problematic Internet gaming: A systematic review. Journal of Behavioral Addictions 6, 321–333.
• Siyez, D.M., Baran, B., 2017. Determining reactive and proactive aggression and empathy levels of middle school students regarding their video game preferences. Computers in Human Behavior 72, 286–295.
• Steemers, J., 2017. International perspectives on the funding of public service media content for children. Media International Australia 163, 42–55.
• Wright, M.F., 2017. Friends and console-gaming aggression: The role of friendship quality, anger, and revenge planning. Games and Culture 1555412017720554.