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,
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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:
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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.
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Reporting evaluated
media literacy programs and other interventions which have been demonstrated to
limit or reduce negative health effects from media use.
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Examining whether and
how broadcast, print, or interactive media can educate, empower, and reduce
risky behaviors among children and youth.
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Considering whether
use of electronic games, such as the Wii, can support the physical development
of toddlers and fitness of children and youth.
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Sharing interactive
media interventions shown to improve quality of life among adolescents with
chronic or psychiatric conditions.
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Studying whether
interactive technology such as texting can improve health education and
communication among adolescents and their health care providers.
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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.