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Journal of Children and Media Special Issue: Children, Media, and Health Guest Editors: Dina L.G. Borzekowski, EdD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, [log in to unmask] Michael Rich, MD, MPH, Center on Media and Child Health, Children's Hospital Boston, [log in to unmask] Media, in various formats, can influence the healthy development of children and adolescents in both positive and negative ways. This special issue of the Journal of Children and Media will add to the inter-disciplinary literature by providing well-designed studies and theoretical papers exploring whether and how media use affects the physical, mental, and behavioral health of young people. We invite contributions to a special issue on Children, Media, and Health from a wide range of disciplines, perspectives, theoretical, and methodological approaches. The guest editors are particularly interested in compiling quality papers that can inform risk assessment, intervention design, and positive media applications aimed at a diversity of populations, technologies and content. Examples of potential papers might be: - Examining how young people use, multitask with, and are exposed to various media and how these uses/exposures influence their lifestyles, health, education, and development. - Reporting evaluated media literacy programs and other interventions which have been demonstrated to limit or reduce negative health effects from media use. - Examining whether and how broadcast, print, or interactive media can educate, empower, and reduce risky behaviors among children and youth. - Considering whether use of electronic games, such as the Wii, can support the physical development of toddlers and fitness of children and youth. - Sharing interactive media interventions shown to improve quality of life among adolescents with chronic or psychiatric conditions. - Studying whether interactive technology such as texting can improve health education and communication among adolescents and their health care providers. - Analyzing how public health messages and entertainment media can educate and activate improved health practices in different cultures. A 300 word abstract, full contact information for the corresponding author, and a biographical note (up to 75 words) on each of the authors should be submitted to Dr. Dina Borzekowski ([log in to unmask]) as an e-mail attachment by no later than March 15, 2010. Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by March 31, 2010 and will then be invited to submit a full paper to the guest editors. Manuscripts should be no more than 8,000 words, including notes and references, conform to APA style, and submitted by August 1, 2010. Expected publication date is Volume 6 issue 1, Winter 2012. An invitation to submit a full paper does not constitute a commitment for publication; all papers will be subject to anonymous peer review following submission. We look forward to what we anticipate to be interesting and important papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this email message may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. Although this message and any attachments are believed to be free of viruses, no responsibility is accepted by Informa for any loss or damage arising in any way from receipt or use thereof. Messages to and from the company are monitored for operational reasons and in accordance with lawful business practices. If you have received this message in error, please notify us by return and delete the message and any attachments. Further enquiries/returns can be sent to [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this email message may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. Although this message and any attachments are believed to be free of viruses, no responsibility is accepted by Informa for any loss or damage arising in any way from receipt or use thereof. Messages to and from the company are monitored for operational reasons and in accordance with lawful business practices. If you have received this message in error, please notify us by return and delete the message and any attachments. Further enquiries/returns can be sent to [log in to unmask] Taylor & Francis Group is a trading name of Informa UK Limited, registered in England under no. 1072954