Latest Research

The latest Australian and international research on the effects of media on children:

• Media effects - general
• Violence
• Advertising
• Food Advertising
• Physical Effects
• Computer/video Games
• Computers & the Internet
• Media Education

A list of Researchers who focus on children and the media

For a full listing of references and websites see Reading & Research

Media effects - general

• Anderson, DR & Hanson, KG (2009) Children, media and methodology. American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 52, No. 8, Pp1204-1219
• Brookes, F & Kelly, P (2009) Dolly girls: tweenies as artifacts of consumption. Journal of Youth Studies, Vol. 12, No. 6, Pp599-613
• Carmona, JBR (2009) Young directors: children and young creators of cinema, video and television. Communicar, No 32, p247
• Christakis, DA & Garrison, MM (2009) Preschool-aged children’s television viewing in child care settings. Pediatrics, Vol. 124, No. 6, Pp1627-1632
• Christakis, DA & Zimmerman, FJ (2009) Young children and media: Limitations of current knowledge and future directions for research. American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 52, No. 8, Pp1177-1185
• Courage, ML & Seliff, AE (2009) Debating the impact of television and video material on very young children: Attention, learning, and the developing brain. Child Development Perspectives, Vol. 3, No. 1, Pp72-78
• Funk, JB; et al (2009) Parents of preschoolers: Expert media recommendations and ratings knowledge, media-effects beliefs, and monitoring practices. Pediatrics, Vol. 123, No. 3, Pp981-988
• Hayes, S & Tantleff-Dunn, S (2009) Am I too fat to be a princess? Examining the effects of popular children’s media on young girls’ body image. British Journal of Developmental Psychology,In press
• Heintz, Katharine, Ed (2009) Children’s rights and the media. Communication Research Trends, Vol. 28, No. 3, Pp2-43
• Hill, Lisa (2009) Play School keeps it real. Media International Australia, No. 132, Pp67-77
• Hoffman, LH & Thomson, TL (2009) The effect of television viewing on adolescents’ civic participation: Political efficacy as a mediating mechanism. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Vol. 53, No. 1
• Lee, SJ (2009) Measuring children’s media use in the digital age: issues and challenges. American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 52, No. 8, Pp1152-1176
• Oakes, JM (2009) The effect of media on children: a methodological assessment from a social epidemiologist. American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 52, No. 8, Pp1136-1151
• Ohannessian, CM (2009) Media use and adolescent psychological adjustment: An examination of gender differences. Journal of Child and Family Studies, Vol. 18, No. 5, Pp1573-2843
• Romer, D; et al (2009) Building social capital in young people: The role of mass media and life outlook. Political Communication, Vol. 26, No. 1, Pp65-83
• Schmidt, ME; et al (2009) Television viewing in infancy and child cognition at 3 years of age in a US cohort. Pediatrics, Vol. 123, No. 3, Pp e370-e375
• Valkenburg, PM & Peter, J (2009) The effects of instant messaging on the quality of adolescents’ existing friendships: a longitudinal study. Journal of Communication, Vol. 59, No. 1, Pp79-U15
• Wonderly, M (2009) Children’s film as an instrument of moral education. Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 38, No. 1, Pp1-15
• Abramson, MJ; et al (2009) Mobile telephone use is associated with changes in cognitive function in young adolescents. Bioelectromagnetics, Vol. 30, No. 8, Pp678-686
• Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) (2009) Social and emotional learning and bullying prevention. http://www.casel.org
• Courage, ML; et al (2010) When the televsion is on: The impact of infant-directed video on 6- and 18-month-olds’ attention during toy play and on parent-infant interaction.
  Infant Behavior and Development, Vol. 33, No. 2, Pp176-188
• Dorey, E; et al (2009) Children and television watching: a qualitative study of New Zealand parents’ perceptions and views. Child: Care, Health and Development, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01031.x
• Lenhart, A (2009) Teens and sexting. www.pewinternet.org
• Martikainen, T (2010) Locators in cyberspace: Adolescents and religion in a modern media society. TEMENOS, Vol. 45, No. 1, Pp131-133
• Meizi, He; et al (2010)  Screen-related sedentary behaviors: Children’s and parents’ attitudes, motivations, and practices. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Vol. 42, No. 1, Pp17-25
  Ni Mhurchu, Cliona; et al (2009) Effect of electronic time monitors on children’s television watching: Pilot trial of a home-based intervention. Preventive, Vol. 49, No. 5, Pp413-417
• Santo, R; et al (2010) Meeting of minds: Cross-generational dialogue on the ethics of digital life. www.commonsensemedia.org
• Tickle, JJ; et al (2009) Tobacco, alcohol, and other risk behaviors in film: How well do MPAA ratings distinguish content? Journal of Health Communications, Vol. 14, No. 8, Pp300-306
• Sharif, I; et al (2010) Effect of visual media use on school performance: A prospective study. Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 46, No. 1, Pp52-61
• Barr, R; et al (2010) Infant and early childhood exposure to adult-directed and child-directed television programming. Developmental Psychology, Vol. 56, No. 1, Pp21-48
• Foster, EM & Watkins, S (2010) The value of reanalysis: TV viewing and attention problems.
  Child Development, Vol. 81, No. 1, Pp368-375
• Granich, J; et al (2010) Understanding children’s sedentary behavior: A qualitative study of the family home environment. Health Education Research, Vol. 25, No. 2, Pp199-210
• Huang, Fali (2007) Dynamic treatment effect analysis of TV effects on child cognitive development. www.mysmu.edu/faculty/flhuang/paper/TvEffect20070921.pdf
• Mar, RA; Tackett, JL; Moore, C (2010) Exposure to media and theory-of-mind development in preschoolers. Cognitive Development, Vol. 25, No. 1, Pp69-78
• Shunyue, Cheng; et al (2010) Early television exposure and children’s behavioral and social outcomes at age 30 months. Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 20, Supp. 2, PpS482-S489
• Rideout, V; et al (2010) GenerationM2: Media in the lives of 8-18-year-olds.
  www.kff.org
• Patchin, JW & Hinduja, S (2010) Trends in online social networking: adolescent use of MySpace over time. New Media & Society, Vol. 12, No. 2, Pp197-216
• Buhler-Niederberger, D (2010) Moral panics over contemporary children and youth.
  International Sociology, Vol. 25, No. 2, Pp240-242
• Fidler, AE; Zack, E; Barr, R (2010) Television viewing patterns in 6-18-month-olds: The role of caregiver-infant interactional quality. Infancy, Vol. 15, No. 2, Pp176-196
  

  

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Violence

• Boxer, P; et al (2009) The role of violent media preference in cumulative developmental risk for violence and general aggression. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, Vol. 38, No. 3, Pp417-428
• Fanti, KA; et al (2009) Desensitization to media violence over a short period of time. Aggressive Behavior, Vol. 35, No. 2, Pp179-187
• Federal Trade Commission USA (2009) Marketing violent entertainment to children: A sixth follow-up review of industry practices in the motion picture, music recording & electronic game industries.
  http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/12/violentent.shtm
• Feilitzen, Cecilia von (2009) Influences of mediated violence: A brief research summary. The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media, www.nordicom.gu.se/clearinghouse
• Paavonen, EJ; et al (2009) Do parental co-viewing and discussions mitigate TV-induced fears in young children? Child: Care, Health and Development, Vol. 35, No. 6, Pp773-780
• Powell, C (2009) Violent video game effects on children and adolescents: Theory, research, and policy. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, Vol. 38, No. 3, Pp483-485
• Wang, J; et al (2009) School bullying among adolescents in the United States: Physical, verbal, relational, and cyber. Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 45, No. 4, Pp368-375
• Wilson, Helen W; et al (2009) Research review: The relationship between childhood violence exposure and juvenile antisocial behavior: a meta-analytic review. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 50, No. 7, Pp769-779
• Ferguson, CJ; et al (2009) A multivariate analysis of youth violence and aggression: The influence of family, peers, depression, and media violence. Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 155, No. 6, Pp904-908.e3
• Ferguson, CJ & Kilburn, J (2010) Violence in media: Research reply. Journal of Pediatrics,Vol. 156, No. 1, Pp169-170
• Hoffner, Cynthia (2009) Affective responses and exposure to frightening films: The role of empathy and different types of content. Communication Research Reports, Vol. 26, No. 4, Pp285-296
• Kupchik, A & Bracy, NL (2010) The news media on school crime and violence constructing dangerousness and fuelling fear. Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice, Vol. 7, No. 2, Pp136-155
• Manganello, JA; Taylor, CA (2009) Television exposure as a risk factor for aggressive behavior among 3-year-old children. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Vol. 163, No. 11, Pp1037-1045
• Reynolds, BM & Repetti, RL (2010) Teenage girls’ perceptions of the functions of relationally aggressive behaviors. Psychology in the Schools, Vol. 47, No. 3, Pp282-296
• Strenziok, M; et al (2009) Lower lateral orbitofrontal cortex density associated with more frequent exposure to television and movie violence in male adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.11.196
• Ybarra, ML; et al (2009) Impact of asking sensitive questions about violence to children and adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 45, No. 5, Pp499-507

   

Advertising

• Bakir, A (2009) “Some assembly required”: Comparing disclaimers in children’s TV advertising in Turkey and the United States. Journal of Advertising Research, Vol. 49, No. 1, Pp93-103
• Ford, J (2009) Effects of advertising on children. International Journal of Advertising, Vol. 28, No. 1,  Pp169-170
• Graydon, Shari (2010) Marketing pimps: A call to end media exploitation. Herizons, Winter 2010, Pp21-23
• Goldfarb, L (2009) Buying into sexy”: Preteen girls and consumerism in the 21st century. http://sgsei.wordpress.com/events/programme/
• Kervin, L & Mantei,J (2009) Advertising in “tween” magazines: Exploring the considerations and opportunities. www.englishliteratureconference.com.au
• King, C et al (2009) Adolescent exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines: An evaluation of advertising in relation to underage youth readership. Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 45, No. 76, Pp626-633
• Leek, S & Christodoulides, G (2009) Next-generation mobile marketing: How young consumers react to bluetooth-enabled advertising. Journal of Advertising Research, Vol. 49, No. 1,   Pp44-53
• McAllister, Matthew (2009) Girls with a passion for fashion. Journal of Children and Media, Vol. 1, No. 3, Pp244-258
• Shadel, WG et al (2009) How does exposure to cigarette advertising contribute to smoking in adolescents? The role of the developing self-concept and identification with advertising models. Addictive Behaviors, Vol. 34, No.11, Pp932-937
• Steemers, Jeanette (2009) The thin line between market and quality: Balancing quality and commerce in preschool television.
  Televizion, www.br-online.de/jugend/izi/english/publication/televizion/22_2009_E/steemers.pdf
   Pp53-56
• Van der Waldt, DLR; et al (2009) Attitudes of young consumers towards SMS advertising. African Journal of Business Management, Vol. 3, No. 9, Pp444-452
• Vardavas, CI; et al (2009) Reducing adolescents’ exposure to alcohol advertising and promotion during televised sports. Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 301, No. 14, Pp1479-1482
• Andronikidis, AI; Lambrianidou, M (2010) Children’s understanding of television advertising: A grounded theory approach.  Psychology & Marketing, Vol. 27, No. 4, Pp299-322
• Brookes, F & Kelly, P (2010) Dolly girls: Tweenies as artifacts of consumption.
  Journal of Youth Studies, Vol. 12, No. 6, Pp599-613
• Jones, SC & Reid, A (2010) Children’s magazines: Reading resources or food marketing tools? Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 13, No. 3, Pp393-399
• Schwartz, MB; et al (2010) Breakfast cereal industry pledges to self-regulate advertising to youth: will they improve the marketing landscape? Journal of Public Health Policy, Vol. 31, No. 1, Pp59-73
• Dept for Children, Schools & Families, UK (2010) The impact of the commercial world on children’s wellbeing. http://www.dcsf.gov.uk
• Nelson, JP (2010) What is learned from longitudinal studies of advertising and youth drinking and smoking? A critical assessment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 7, No. 3, Pp870-926

Food Advertising

• Arredondo, E; et al (2009) Brand name logo recognition of fast food and healthy food among children. Journal of Community Health, Vol. 34, No. 1, Pp73-78
• Bakir, A & Vitell, SJ (2010) The ethics of food advertising targeted toward children: Parental viewpoint.Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 91, No. 2, Pp299-311
• Courage, ML & Setliff, AE (2009) Debating the impact of television and video material on very young children: Attention, learning, and the developing brain. Child Development Perspectives, Vol. 3, No. 1, Pp72-78
• Gabrelian, N; et al (2009) The effects of appeal on children’s comprehension and recall of content in educational television programs. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Vol. 30, No. 2, Pp161-168
• Harris, JL; et al (2009) A crisis in the marketplace: how food marketing contributes to childhood obesity and what can be done. Annual Review of Public Health, Vol. 30, Pp211-225
• Harris, JL; et al (2009) Nutrition and marketing ratings of children’s cereals. www.CerealFacts.org
• Henderson, Julie; et al (2009) Governing childhood obesity: Framing regulation of fast food advertising in the Australian print media. Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 69, No. 9, Pp1402-1408
• Holder, MD; et al (2009) The contribution of active and passive leisure to children’s well-being. Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 3, Pp378-386
• Levine, Michael P; et al (2009) “Everybody knows that mass media are/are not (pick one) a cause of eating disorders”: a critical review of evidence for a causal link between media, negative body image, and disordered eating in females. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, Vol. 28, No. 1, Pp9-42
• Lingas, EO; et al (2009) Nutrition content of food and beverage products on Web sites popular with children. American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 99 Suppl 3, Pp S587-S592
• Macmullan, Justin (2009) New media, same old tricks: A survey of the marketing of food to children on food company websites. www.junkfoodgeneration.org
• Manios, Y; et al (2009) Obesity and television watching in preschoolers in Greece: The Genesis study. Obesity, Vol. 17, No. 11, Pp2047-2053
• Sixsmith, R & Furnham, A (2009) A content analysis of British food advertisements aimed at children and adults. Health Promotion International, doi:10.1093/heapro/dap045
• Wilde, P (2009) Self-regulation and the response to concerns about food and beverage marketing to children in the United States. Nutrition Reviews, Vol. 67, No. 3, Pp155-166
• Sutherland, LA; et al (2010) Prevalence of food and beverage brands in movies: 1996-2005.
  Pediatrics, Vol. 125, No. 3, Pp468-474
• Goren, A; et al (2010) Predicting support for restricting food marketing to youth.
  Health Affairs, Vol. 29, No. 3, Pp419-424

Physical Effects

• Blades, M (2009) Special issue: Factors affecting food choices. Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 39, No. 5, Pp483-566
• Daley, Amanda J (2009) Can exergaming contribute to improving physical activity levels and health outcomes in children? Pediatrics, Vol. 124, No. 2, Pp763-771
• Eisenberg, ME; Neumark-Sztainer, D (2009) Does TV viewing during family meals make a difference in adolescent substance use? Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 44, No. 2, Suppl. 1
• Fainardi, V; et al (2009) Sedentary lifestyle in active children admitted to a summer sport school.
  Acta Biomed, Vol. 80, No. 2, Pp107-116
• Graf, Diana L; et al (2009) Playing active video games increases energy expenditure in children.
  Pediatrics, Vol. 124, No. 2, Pp534-540
• Gubbels, JS; et al (2009) Clustering of dietary intake and sedentary behavior in 2-year-old children. Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 155, No. 2, Pp194-198
• Lajunen, HR; et al(2009) Leisure activity patterns and their associations with overweight: A prospective study among adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, Vol. 32, No. 5, Pp1080-1103
• Pena, V; et al  (2009) Mobile phone technology for children with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes: A parent survey. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, Vol. 3, No. 6, Pp1481-1489
• Pfeffer, K & Orum, J (2009) Risk and injury portrayal in boys’ and girls’ favourite television programmes. Injury Prevention, Vol. 15, No. 5, Pp312-316
• Peter, J & Valkenburg, PM (2009) Adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit Internet material and sexual satisfaction: A longitudinal study. Human Communication Research, Vol. 35, No. 2, Pp171-194
• Primack, BA; et al (2009) Association between media use in adolescence and depression in young adulthood: a longitudinal study. Archives of General Psychiatry, Vol. 66, No. 2, Pp181-188
• Strasburger, Victor C (2009) Why do adolescent health researchers ignore the impact of the media? Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 44, Pp203-205
• Richards, R; et al (2009) Childhood and contemporaneous correlates of adolescent leisure time physical inactivity: a longitudinal study. Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 44, No. 3, Pp260-267
• Vadiveloo, M; et al (2009) Diet and physical activity patterns of school-aged children.
  Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Vol. 109, No. 1, Pp145-151
• Wills, TA; et al (2009) Movie exposure to alcohol cues and adolescent alcohol problems: a longitudinal analysis in a national sample. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Vol. 23, No. 1, Pp23-35
• Woolford, SJ; Clark, SJ (2009) Tailored mobile phone text messages as an adjunct to obesity treatment for adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 44, No. 2, Suppl. 1
• Anderson, SE; Whitaker, RC (2010) Household routines and obesity in US preschool-aged children. Pediatrics, doi:10.1542/peds.2009-0417
• Buhi, ER; et al (2009) An observational study of how young people search for online sexual health information. Journal of American College Health, Vol. 58, No. 2, Pp101-111
• Fairclough, SJ; et al (2009) Associations between children’s socioeconomic status, weight status, and sex, with screen-based sedentary behaviors and sport participation. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, Vol. 4, No. 4, Pp299-305
• He, MZ; et al (2010) Screen-related sedentary behaviors: Children’s and parents’ atititudes, motivations, and practices. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Vol. 42, No. 1, Pp17-25
• Henson, C; et al (2010) Room for improvement: mixed portrayal of young people with mental illness on Australian television news. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Epub ahead of print
• Hoffner, C (2010) Affective responses and exposure to frightening films: The role of empathy and different types of content. Communication Research Reports, Vol. 26, No. 4, Pp285-296
• Liang, Tina; et al (2009) Nutrition and body weights of Canadian children watching television and eating while watching television. Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 12, No. 12, Pp2457-2463
• Markey, CN & Markey, PM (2010) A correlational and experimental examination of reality television viewing and interest in cosmetic surgery. Body Image, Vol. 7, No. 2, Pp165-171
• Mathers, M; et al (2009) Electronic media use and adolescent health and well-being. Academic Pediatrics, Vol. 9, No. 5, Pp307-314
• Peneau, S; et al (2009) Influence of environmental factors on food intake and choice of beverage during meals in teenagers: A laboratory study. British Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 102, No.12, Pp1854-1859
• Primack, BA; et al (2010) Exposure to cannabis in popular music and cannabis use among adolescents. Addiction, Vol. 105, No. 3, Pp515-523
• Russ, SA; et al (2009) Associations between media use and health in US children. Academic Pediatrics, Vol. 9, No. 5, Pp300-306
• Tongren, JE; et al (2010) Injury-prevention practices as depicted in G- and PG-rated movies, 2003-2007. Pediatrics, Vol. 125, No. 2, Pp295-303
• Escobar-Chaves, SL; et al (2010) The fun families study: Intervention to reduce children’s TV viewing. Obesity, Vol. 18, Suppl. 1, PpS99-S101
• Freisling, H; et al (2010) Mass media nutrition information sources and associations with fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescents. Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 13, No. 2, Pp269-275
• Harris, JL & Bargh, JA (2010) Television viewing and unhealthy diet: Implications for children and media interventions. Health Communication, Vol. 24, No. 7, Pp660-673
• Zimmerman, FJ & Bell, JF (2010) Associations of television content type and obesity in children. American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 100, No. 2, Pp334-340
• Berntsen, S; et al (2010) Obese children playing towards an active lifestyle. Int Journal of Pediatric Obesity, Vol. 37, No. 2, Pp256-274
• Milde-Busch, A; et al (2010) The association between use of electronic media and prevalence of headache in adolescents: results from a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Neurology, Vol. 10, AR 12
• Lo, WS; et al (2010) Adolescents’ physical activity: Competition between perceived neighborhood sport facilities and home media resources. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, Vol. 5, No. 2, Pp169-176
• Frieden, TR; et al (2010) Reducing childhood obesity through policy change: Acting now to prevent obesity. Health Affairs, Vol. 29, No. 3, Pp357-363
• Custers, K & Van den Buick, J (2010) Television viewing, computer game play and book reading during meals are predictors of meal skipping in a cross-sectional sample of 12-14 and 16-year-olds. Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 13, No. 4, Pp537-543
• Strasburger, V, Jordan, A, Donnerstein E (2010) Health effects of media on children and adolescents. Pediatrics, Vol. 125, No. 4, Pp756-767

Computer/Video Games

• Annetta, LA et al (2009) Investigating the impact of video games on high school students’ engagement and learning about genetics. Computers & Education, Vol. 53, No. 1, Pp74-85
• Barab, SA et al (2009) Transformational play as a curricular scaffold: Using videogames to support science education. Journal of Science & Technology, Vol. 18, No. 4, Pp305-320
• Bijvank, MN; et al (2009) Age and violent-content labels make video games forbidden fuits for youth. Pediatrics, Vol. 123, No. 3,  Pp870-876
• Haddock, BL (2009) The addition of a video game to stationary cycling: The impact on energy expenditure in overweight children. Open Sports Science Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, Pp42-46
• Hart, GM; et al (2009) Effects of video games on adolescents and adults. Cyberpsychology & Behavior, Vol. 12, No. 1, Pp63-65
• Jimenez, JE & Rojas, E (2008) Effects of Tradislexia videogame on phonological awareness and word recognition in dyslexic children. Psicothema, Vol. 20, No. 3, Pp347-353
• Zea, Natalia P et al (2009) Design of educational multiplayer videogames: A vision from collaborative learning. Advances in Engineering Software, Vol. 40, No. 12, Pp1251-1260
• Zhong, ZJ (2009) Third-person perceptions and online games: a comparison of perceived antisocial and prosocial game effects. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Vol. 14, No. 2, Pp286-306
• Anderson, Craig A. et al (2010) Violent video game effects on aggression, empathy, and prosocial behavior in Eastern and Western countries: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin., Vol 136 (2) 151-173.
• Bailey, K; et al (2010) A negative association between video game experience and proactive cognitive control. Psychophysiology, Vol. 47, No. 1, Pp34-42
• Bushman, BJ; et al (2010) Much ado about something: violent video game effects and a school of red herring: Reply to Ferguson and Kilburn. Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 136, No. 2, Pp182-187
• Ferguson, CJ & Kilburn, J (2010) Much ado about nothing: The misestimation and overinterpretation of violent video game effects in Eastern and Western nations: Comment on Anderson et al. Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 136, No. 2, Pp174-178
• Fischer, P; et al (2010) Media violence and the self: The impact of personalized gaming characters in aggressive video games on aggressive behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,Vol. 46, No. 1, Pp192-195
• Greitemeyer, T & Osswald, S (2010) Effects of prosocial video games on prosocial behavior.
  Journal of personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 98, No. 2, Pp211-221
• Huesmann, LR (2010) Nailing the coffin shut on doubts that violent video games stimulate aggression: comment on Anderson et al. Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 136, No. 2,  Pp179-181
• Olson, CK; et al (2009) M-rated video games and aggressive or problem behavior among young adolescents. Applied Developmental Science, Vol. 13, No. 4, Pp188-198
• Padilla-Walker, LM; et al (2010) More than just a game: Video game and Internet use during emerging adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Vol 39, No. 2, Pp103-113
• Paraskeva, F; et al (2010) Multiplayer online games as educational tools: Facing new challenges in learning. Computers & Education, Vol. 54, No. 2, Pp498-505
• Yao, MZ; Mahood, C; Linz, D (2010) Sexual priming. gender stereotyping, and likelihood to sexually harass: Examining the cognitive effects of playing a sexually-explicit video game.Sex Roles, Vol. 62, No. 1-2, Pp77-88
• Hartmann, T & Vorderer, P (2010) It’s okay to shoot a character: Moral disengagement in violent video games. Journal of Communication, Vol. 60, No. 1, Pp94-119
  Lim, S & Reeves, B (2010) Being in the game: Effects of avatar choice and point of view on psychophysiological responses during play. Media Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 4, Pp348-370
• Lim, S & Reeves, B (2010) Computer agents verses avatars: Responses to interactive game characters controlled by a computer or other player. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Vol. 68, No. 1-2, Pp57-68
• Padilla-Walker, LM; et al (2010) More than just a game: video game and Internet use during emerging adulthood. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, Vol. 39, No. 2, Pp103-113
• Porter, G; et al (2010)  Recognizing problem video game use. Australian & New Zealnd Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 44, No. 2, Pp129-134
• Krcmar, M & Lachlan, K (2010) Aggressive outcomes and videogame play: The role of length of play and the mechanisms at work. Media Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 3, Pp249-267
• Ravaja, N (2010) The psychophysiology of digital gaming: The effect of a non co-located opponent. Media Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 3, Pp268-294
• Schmierbach, M (2010) ”Killing spree”: Exploring the connection between competitive game play and aggressive cognition. Communication Research, Vol. 37, No. 2, Pp256-274

Computers & the Internet

• Bauman, S (2009) Cyberbullying in a rural intermediate school: An exploratory study. The Journal of Early Adolescence 2009, doi:10.1177/0272431609350927
• Davis, K (2010) Coming of age online: The developmental underpinnings of girls’ blogs Journal of Adolescent Research, Vol. 25, No. 1, Pp145-171
• Dowell, EB; et al (2009) Clustering of Internet risk behaviors in a middle school student population.
  Journal of School Health, Vol. 79, No. 11, Pp547-553
• Hulme, Michael (2009) Life support: Young people’s needs in a digital age. www.youthnet.org
• Livingstone, S & Tsatsou, P, Eds (2009) Children and the Internet: A multi-national research agenda.
  Journal of Children and Media, Vol. 3, No. 4, Pp309-393
• Mazur, E & Kozarian, L  (2010) Self-presentation and interaction in blogs of adolescents and young emerging adult. Journal of Adolescent Research, Vol. 25, No. 1, Pp124-144
• Norton (2009) Norton online living report 2009: Survey data. www.nortononlineliving.com
• Palfrey, J; et al (2009) Enhancing child safety and online technologies: Final Report of the Internet safety technical task force to the multi-state working group on social networking of state attorneys general of the United States. www.wiredsafety.org
• Russell, G (2009) Pedophiles in wonderland: censoring the sinful in cyberspace. Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. , No. 4, Pp1467-1499
• Schrader, PG; McCreery, M  (2008) The acquisition of skill and expertise in massively multiplayer online games. Educational Technology Research and Development, Vol. 56, No. 5-6, Pp557-574
• Valkenburg, PM; Peter, J (2009) Social consequences of the Internet for adolescents: A decade of research. Current Directions in Psychological Science, Vol. 18, No. 1,  Pp1-5
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