Volume 20, issue 1 (2026) is out! With theoretically and methodologically diverse studies from 🇮🇩 🇮🇳 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇸🇪 🇮🇱 🇳🇿 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸, two commentaries from @desireeschmuck.bsky.social and Yağmur Gümüşboğa and two book reviews by Djoymi Baker and @devinasarwatay.bsky.social. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rchm20/2...

With our wrap-up of last year’s JoCAM research now complete, here is a look at the 10 most-read articles of 2025. They reflect a diverse interest in children’s digital rights, expressive citizenship, well-being, self-presentation & emerging technologies. www.tandfonline.com/action/showM...

A 🇨🇭 study from @leoroe.bsky.social using latent class analysis identified 4 ICT use types in 7–10-yo: heavy users, moderate entertainment users, educational explorers & non-users. Higher SES linked to limited or learning-oriented use; lower SES to entertainment-heavy use. doi.org/10.1080/1748...

From Vol.19(4): A 3-wave study in 6 European countries by @cybermarie.bsky.social et al. shows that perceived discrimination predicts intentional & unintentional cyberhate exposure. Digital literacy dimensions play distinct roles in increasing or reducing exposure. doi.org/10.1080/1748...

JoCAM Vol.19(4) brings work from the US, Europe, Asia & Africa, covering children’s TV, parental roles, problematic media use, data-generating tech at home, digital disparities, teens’ digital dating, caregiver–child interactions, war news mediation & cyberhate. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rchm20/1...

This article by K. Foulds et al evaluates Takalani Sesame in 🇿🇦 showing that play-based educational media can support children’s problem-solving like strategy use, monitoring progress & positive affect in a low & middle-income context where evidence is limited. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In Vol19 n°3 Jian Xu & Xinyu Zhao look at a group of mothers in Beijing who monitor harmful online content and support initiatives against internet addiction. They compare this with Western NGOs and highlight digital parenting as micro-level internet governance. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Best wishes for 2026 from the Journal of Children and Media! Thank you for being part of our community. looking forward to another year of brilliant and insightful research.

Below is an overview of vol19 issue3 with great studies from the US, the Netherlands, Germany, South Africa, Austria & Belgium, a book review of Digital Girlhoods by Nancy Jennings & a commentary on digital parenting as internet governance by Jian Xu & Xinyu Zhao www.tandfonline.com/toc/rchm20/1...

Reviewed Parents Talking Algorithms by @profranjanadas.bsky.social for @journalcam.bsky.social must-read for all interested in datafication of family life & digital sociology I highlight the book’s methodological rigour conceptual innovations implications here: doi.org/10.1080/1748... #CityStGSCC

We would like to warmly thank @vikkikatz.bsky.social as she concludes her time as editor of JOCAM. Thank you, Vikki, for your care and commitment to the journal; we are so grateful for your dedication to the community and efforts to make JOCAM more representative of the field's diverse scholarship.

Honored and stoked to be awarded the best dissertation award from the Children, Adolescents, and Media (CAM) division of @icahdq.bsky.social ! 🎉

We congratulate this year's CAM Division award winners at #ICA25! Don't miss their sessions showcasing outstanding CAM scholarship: > Top Student lead Paper (first authored by): Weiqi Tian > Top Faculty Papers (first authored by): Darian Harff Jane Shawcraft > Top Dissertation: Luca Carbone

This year, the CAM division is pleased to contribute to #ICA25 with no less than 14 density sessions featuring 84 papers, 1 research escalator session, and 1 poster session. Join CAM scholars for the Business Meeting today at 4:30 PM (local time), followed by the Division Reception at 6 PM!

We are looking forward to five days of exciting new CAM research, division meetings, and inspiration at #ICA25. See you in Denver! @icahdq.bsky.social

📢 Call for Papers The journal Psychology of Popular Media is inviting submissions for an upcoming #SpecialIssue on "New Media and Body Image" that may be of particular interest to CAM scholars. Full details and submission guidelines: www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

The first study of my PhD has been published in @journalcam.bsky.social! 🎉 Together with @baldwinvangorp.bsky.social and @michaelopgenhaffen.bsky.social, we studied what factors in news elicit fear in children and how they perceive and experience the mediation of news by adults. Read it here!

The latest issue of the Journal of British Cinema and Television focusing on “UK Broadcasting and Media for Children: Past, Present and Looking to the Future”, features work that may be of interest to JoCAM readers. More info here: doi.org/10.3366/jbct...

We’re excited to welcome Anaëlle Gonzalez @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social to the team as our new Social Media Editor! She’s the talent behind the great content you’ve seen recently, and we’re looking forward to what’s ahead. Welcome, Anaëlle!

🎉 Happy to share my first PhD paper, published in @journalcam.bsky.social! 💡 4 types of Swiss children’s ICT use 🧒📱 💡 Higher-SES: Limited use vs. learning-oriented use as competing strategies 💡 Lower-SES: Parents more critical of ICT, but limited use is still less common doi.org/10.1080/1748...

How do different digital media activities impact youth's affective well-being, and how does this vary across developmental stages? Mayen, S., Reinhardt, A., & Wilhelm, C. examined this in an ESM study among Austrian youth 🇦🇹. 🔓 Open access: doi.org/10.1080/1748...

3️⃣ Finally, the authors of the third set of commentaries in the special issue explore the challenges—and potential opportunities for advancement—embedded in the methods, measures, and theories commonly used by CAM scholars. (1/8)

2️⃣The second set of contributions of the special issue, on evolution and innovation in media and technology, describes how the rapidly changing media environment has impacted childhood and, thus, our CAM research and scholarship (1/7)

1️⃣ This first set of papers in the special issue considers the changing definitions and experiences of children and childhood since JOCAM was first published, and what these changes suggest for CAM scholarship as we look to the future. (1/7)

🎉 The special issue celebrating JoCAM’s 18th birthday it out! The issue brings together 16 commentaries showcasing the incredible diversity and creativity of CAM research and practice from all over the world. 🔓Open access for six months! (1/3) www.tandfonline.com/journals/rch...

JOCAM vol18, issue4 is out! With great studies from BEL, AUS, ISR, CAN, GER, US, & UK A commentary by Liselot Hudders & Emma Beuckels on Kidfluencing A book review by Helle Strandgaard Jensen on "Histories of children’s television around the world" www.tandfonline.com/toc/rchm20/1...