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2024

View our journal articles, books, and book chapters from 2024.

Apps, T., Beckman, K., Ng, R., (2024) Datafied by default: Examining the intersect between children’s digital rights and education, Computers and Education Open, 10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100237

Ashleigh-Rae O’Neill, Sarah Matthews, Janet Wiles, and Ben Matthews. 2024. ‘Socialifying’ the design of language learning applications for classroom use. In Companion Publication of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS ’24 Companion). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 279–283. https://doi.org/10.1145/3656156.3663735

Baldry, Moya Kate, Happa, Jassim, Steed, Anthony, Smith, Simon, and Glencross, Mashhuda (2024). From Embodied Abuse to Mass Disruption : Generative, Inter-Reality Threats in Social, Mixed-Reality Platforms. Digital Threats: Research and Practice . https://doi.org/10.1145/3696015

Beckman, K., Apps, T. & Bennett, S. (2024). Schoolfeeds: A study of principals’ governance of school social media pages and students’ data, privacy and treatment, Computers & Education Open, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100213

Berg V, Arabiat D, Morelius E, Kervin L, Zgambo M, Robinson S, Jenkins M, Whitehead L, 2024, Young Children and the Creation of a Digital Identity on Social Networking Sites: Scoping Review, JMIR Pediatr Parent;7:e54414, doi: 10.2196/54414

Beynon A, Hendry D, Lund Rasmussen C, Rohl AL, Eynon R, Thomas G, Stearne S, Campbell A, Harris C, Zabatiero J, et al. 2024, Measurement Method Options to Investigate Digital Screen Technology Use by Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Review. Children, 11(7):754. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11070754

Beynon AM, Straker LM, Lund Rasmussen C, Hendry D, Stearne SM, Zubrick SR, Jongeling B, Harris C, Silva D, Zabatiero J. Influence of maternal and infant technology use and other family factors on infant development. BMC Pediatr. 2024 Oct 30;24(1):690. doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-05165-4. PMID: 39478500; PMCID: PMC11524025.

Bunn, A., and Dobson, M., (2024), Exploring researchers’ perspectives and experiences of digital childhoods research in schools.” Computers and Education Open (Special Issue: Datified by Default), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100186

Bunn, A., Dobson, M., 2024, Exploring researchers’ perspectives and experiences of digital childhoods research in schools, Computers and Education Open, Volume 6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100186

Chu,C, Paatsch, L, Kervin, L, Edwards, S., 2024, Digital play in the early years: A systematic review, International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, Volume 40, 100652, ISSN 2212-8689, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.100652.

Coulter, N., Garcia-Gomez, D. C., Healy, S., Jeong, H.-S., Mauk, M., Sheppard, L. C., Willett, R., & Zhao, X. (2024). Family Media Practices in a Post-Pandemic Future: Conversations From a Transglobal Research Project. Children & Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12931

Green, L. , Haddon, L. , Livingstone, S. , O’Neill, B. , Stevenson, K.J. , & Holloway, D. (2024). Digital media use in early childhood: Birth to six. London,: Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350120303

Healy, S.. Willett, R., and Zhao, X. (2024), Temporarilities and changing understandings of children’s use of media: Australia, China, and the United States in Willett, R., & Zhao, X (eds), Children, Media, and Pandemic Parenting : Family Life in Uncertain Times. (1st ed.). Taylor & Francis Group.

Hendry D, Straker L, Bourne B, Coshan S, Kumwembe N, McCarthy C, et al. Parental practices and perspectives on health and digital technology use information seeking for children aged 0–36 months. Health Promot J Austral. 2024; 35(4): 1174–1183. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.849

Hood, R., Zabatiero, J., Silva, D., Zubrick, S. R., & Straker, L. (2023). “It helps and it doesn’t help”: maternal perspectives on how the use of smartphones and tablet computers influences parent-infant attachment. Ergonomics, 67(2), 148–167. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2023.2212148

Howard, S. J., Hayes, N., Mallawaarachchi, S., Johnson, D., Neilsen-Hewett, C., MacKenzie, J., Bentley, L. & White, S. L. (2024). A Meta-Analysis of Self-Regulation and Digital Recreation from Birth to Adolescence. Computers in Human Behavior, 108472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108472

Jefferson S, Gray C, Lowe G. Comfort in the Role: The Core of Positive Veteran Teachers. Education Sciences. 2024; 14(9):998. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090998

Kammermann, B., Turkay, S., Johnson, D., & Tobin, S. J. (2024). Virtual Rewards, Real World Impact? Investigating the Prosocial Effects of Videogame Reward Salience. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2425730

Kennedy, J., Holcombe-James, I., Mannell, K., & Boyle, E. (2024). How to Make Affordability-Focused Digital Inclusion Interventions More Effective: Lessons from the Connected Students Program. In S. Yates & E. Carmi (Eds.), Digital Inclusion: International Policy and Research (pp. 111-128). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Kervin, L., and Mantei, J.,  (2024). Gaming for literacy learning, Flint, A. S., Vicars, M., Muscat, A., Bennet, M., Ewing, R., Shaw, K., Kervin, L., Mantei, J., Iorio, J., & Hamm, C (Eds), Literacy in Australia : Pedagogies for Engagement. (4th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.

Kervin, L., and Mantei, J., (2024) Young children creating multimodal stories in their home, school, and digital spaces, Mackenzie, N. M., & Scull, J. (Eds.). Understanding and supporting young writers from birth to 8 (2nd Edition). Routledge.

Lee, . J. (2025). EXPLORING THE NEXUS OF K-POP DANCE CHALLENGES: CHILDREN’S K-POP DREAM, INTERNET STARDOM, AND CUTE LABOR IN THE EVOLVING CULTURE INDUSTRY. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2024i0.13983

Lee, J., Leaver, T., & Abidin, C. (2024). Child idols in South Korea and beyond: Manufacturing young stars at the intersection of the K-pop and influencer industries. New Media & Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241295718

Levido, . A., Dezuanni, M., Woods, A., Leaver, T., Rodriguez, A., MacKenzie, J., … Scott, F. (2025). THE DIGITAL CHILDHOOD INDUSTRY. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2024i0.14092

Levido, A. (2024). Media literacy and the concept of ‘technologies’ in primary school classrooms: moving beyond technical skills, Learning, Media and Technology, DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2024.2308609

Lund Rasmussen, C.; Hendry, D.; Thomas, G.; Beynon, A.; Stearne, S.M.; Zabatiero, J.; Davey, P.; Roslyng Larsen, J.; Rohl, A.L.; Straker, L.; et al. Evaluation of the ActiMotus Software to Accurately Classify Postures and Movements in Children Aged 3–14. Sensors 2024, 24, 6705. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24206705

MacKenzie, J. E., Klarkowski, M., Horton, E. M., Theobald, M., Danby, S., Kervin, L.,. Barrie, L., Amery, P. K., Andradi, M., Smith, S., Mandryk, R. L., and Johnson, D., 2024. Using Psychophysiological Data to Facilitate Reflective Conversations with Children about their Player Experiences. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 8, CHI PLAY, Article 347, 33 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3677112

Mallawaarachchi, S. R., Anglim, J., & Horwood, S. (2025). Types and contexts of child mobile screen use and associations with early childhood behavior. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 70, 274-286.

Mallawaarachchi, S., Burley, J., Mavilidi, M., Howard, S. J., Straker, L. M., Kervin, L., Staton, S., Hayes, N., Machell, A., Torjinski, M., Brady, B., Thomas, G., Horwood, S., White, S., Zabatiero, J., Rivera, C., & Cliff, D. P. (2024) Early Childhood Screen use Contexts and Cognitive and Psychosocial Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatrics, Article number: e20162591.

Mannell, K., Bloul, S., Sefton-Green, J., & Willcox, M. (2024). Digital media and technology use by families with infants, toddlers, and young children: A scoping review and call for forward momentum. Journal of Children and Media, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2024.2394939

Maslin, K., Murcia, K., Blackley, S. (2024) Can you show me?’: Children demonstrating creativity through focus during STEM online learning.  Issues in Educational Research 34(4).

Maslin, K., Murcia, K., Blackley, S. et al. ‘Sky’s the limit’: a case study in fostering young children’s creativity during STEM online learning experiences. Aust. Educ. Res. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00739-8

Matthews, S., Kaiser, K., Lum, R., Moran, G., Richards, M., Bock, S., Matthews, B., & Wiles, J. (2024). Unearthing the latent assumptions inscribed into language tools: the cross-cultural benefits of applying a reflexive lens in co-design. CoDesign, 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2024.2339500

Murcia, K., Cross, E. & Lowe, G. Young children’s computational thinking: educator pedagogy fostering children’s play and learning with a tangible coding device. Aust. Educ. Res. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00762-9

Murcia, K., Cross, E., and Mennell, S., 2024, The Children’s Technology Cove: A living lab fostering innovation and connecting research with industry and the wider community, AARE Conference, Sydney, December 1-5

Murcia, K., Cross, E., Mennell, S., Seitz, J., and Sabatino, D., 2024, How to Code a Sandcastle: Fostering Cildren’s Computational Thinking through an Unplugged Coding Experience, Journal of Innovation, Advancement, and Methodology in STEM Education, 1 (1), https://so13.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/J_IAMSTEM/article/view/419

Murcia, K., Cross, E., Seitz, J., & Lowe, G. (2024). Children’s agency within digital play and learning: Exploring the impact of shared play experiences on parent–child negotiations. Children & Society, 00, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12905

Murcia, K., Lowe, G., Mavilidi, M. et al. From conception to fruition: Co-designing a digital exhibit incorporating embodied cognition to encourage young children’s computational thinking in a Science Discovery Centre. Aust. Educ. Res. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00785-2

Ólafsdóttir, S. M., Danby, S., & Theobald, M. (2024). Making connections with children: children’s rights, ethics and research methods. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2024.2437777

Om, C., Vella, K., Brereton, M., Ploderer, B., Dema,  T., Dobson, M. and Murcia, K. 2024. “Rethinking the development of computational thinking skills in young children through nature play..” OzCHI ’23: Refereed Proceedings of the 35th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: 536-549. https://doi.org/10.1145/3638380.3638447

Osman, Kim, Marshall, Amber, & Dezuanni, Michael (2024) Digital inclusion and learning at home: Challenges for low-income Australian families. In Yates, Simeon & Carmi, Elinor (Eds.) Digital Inclusion: International Policy and Research. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 87-109.

Pangrazio, L., Auld, G., Lynch, J., Sawatzki, C., Duffy, G., Hannigan, S., & O’Mara, J. (2024). Data justice in education: Toward a research agenda. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2024.2320196

Pangrazio, Luci; Bunn, Anna (2024). Assessing the privacy of digital products in Australian schools: Protecting the digital rights of children and young people. Deakin University. Journal contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/10779/DRO/DU:26264633.v1

Parker, M., J. Mantei, L. Kervin  (2024). Oracy as the foundation for reading and writing, Flint, A. S., Vicars, M., Muscat, A., Bennet, M., Ewing, R., Shaw, K., Kervin, L., Mantei, J., Iorio, J., & Hamm, C (Eds), Literacy in Australia : Pedagogies for Engagement. (4th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.

Reddan, B., Rutherford, L., Schoonens, A., & Dezuanni, M. (2024). Social Reading Cultures on BookTube, Bookstagram, and BookTok. (First edition.). Taylor & Francis Group.

Rodriguez, A., & Zhao, X. (2024). Pushing against the panic: Considering the positives of TikTok and children. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 13678779241276011. https://doi.org/10.1177/13678779241276011

Sampaio, I. S. V., Robinson, L., Moles, K., & Pangrazio, L. (2024). Introduction to Youth, digital media, and civic engagement. First Monday, 29(12). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v29i12.13839

Sefton-Green, J., (2024), Foreword: Learning from the pandemic in Willett, R., & Zhao, X (eds), Children, Media, and Pandemic Parenting : Family Life in Uncertain Times. (1st ed.). Taylor & Francis Group.

Shay, M., Sarra, G., Lampert, J., Jeong, D., Thomson, A. & Miller, J. (2024) Codesign in Indigenous education policy and practice—A systematic literature review. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 00, 1–20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.320

Sheppard, L. C., X. Zhao, N. Coulter (2024), Space, time, and families relational media practices: China and Canada  in Willett, R., & Zhao, X (eds), Children, Media, and Pandemic Parenting : Family Life in Uncertain Times. (1st ed.). Taylor & Francis Group.

Smith, K. L., Shade, L.R., Grant, L., Kumar, P., Lorenzo, G.Z., Gaia, A. Mascheroni, G., Heath, M.K., Krutka, D.G., Pangrazio, L., Selwyn, N., . (2024). Children as data subjects: Families, schools, and everyday lives. In J. Jarke, Bates, J. (Ed.), Dialogues in Data Power: Shifting Response-ability in a Datafied World (pp. 31-51). Bristol University Press.

Srdarov, S., & Leaver, T. (2024). Generative AI Glitches: The Artificial Everything. M/C Journal, 27(6). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.3123

Tang, K.S., Murcia, K. Brown, J., Cross, E., Mennell, S. (2024). Exploring the multimodal affordances of digital coding devices in fostering creative thinking in early childhood education. Thinking Skills and Creativity.

Torjinski, M., Cliff, D. & Horwood, S. Associations between nature exposure, screen use, and parent-child relations: a scoping review. Syst Rev 13, 305 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02690-2

Vella, K., Brereton, M., Rogers, Y et al, 2024, Nature Networks: Designing for nature data collection and sharing from local to global, ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2024 Copenhagen, Denmark July 1-5

Verma, A., Islam, S., Moghaddam, V., Anwar, A., & Horwood, S. (2024). Empathic Responding for Digital Interpersonal Emotion Regulation via Content Recommendation. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2430428

Whitehead L, Robinson S, Arabiat D, Jenkins M, Morelius E, 2024, The Report of Access and Engagement With Digital Health Interventions Among Children and Young People: Systematic Review, JMIR Pediatr Parent 7:e44199, doi: 10.2196/44199

Willett, R., Zhao, X., and García Gómez, D. C. (2024), Conclusion: Contributions, provocations, and calls to action in Willett, R., & Zhao, X (eds), Children, Media, and Pandemic Parenting : Family Life in Uncertain Times. (1st ed.). Taylor & Francis Group.

Zabatiero, J., McCormack, D., Stone, L., Zarb, D., Edwards, S., and Straker, L. 2025. “Yeah, no more tantrums, whoo!”: Practices parents valued to help children transition away from screens. Int. J. Child-Comp. Interact. 42, C (Dec 2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.100691

Zabatiero, J., Stone, L., McCormack, D., Zarb, D., Nolan, A., Highfield, K., Skouteris, H., Edwards, S., & Straker, L. (2024). “I Use Technologies Strategically With My Family Now”: Practices That Parents Value to Promote Physical Activity in Young Children. Journal of physical activity & health, 21(11), 1121–1131. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0317

Zhao, . X., Ng, R., Zomer, C., Duffy, G., & Sefton-Green, J. (2025). RESEARCHING THE EDTECH INDUSTRY FOR CHILDREN: METHODOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON A DESIGN-BASED APPROACH. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2024i0.14080

Zhao, X. (2024). Overseas Chinese parent wanghong on Douyin: Discursive constructions of diasporic parenthood. Global Media and China, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364241278090

Zhao, X., M. Mauk, A. Kim (2024), Imaginaries of parental controls: The state, market, and families in Willett, R., & Zhao, X (eds), Children, Media, and Pandemic Parenting : Family Life in Uncertain Times. (1st ed.). Taylor & Francis Group.

Zhao, X., Ng, R., Zomer, C., Duffy, G., & Sefton-Green, J. (2024). Database as method: Exposing ‘data’ about educational technology through a design intervention. Computers and Education Open, 6, 100188-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100188

2023

View our journal articles, books, and book chapters from 2023.

Arabiat, D., Al Jabery, M., Robinson, S., Whitehead, L., & Mörelius, E. (2023). Interactive technology use and child development: A systematic review. Child: Care, Health and Development, 49(4), 679–715.

Archer, C and Williams, D, 2023, #Parentlife: Key issues, benefits and advice for new parents using social media and mobile technology,Vol 10 Issue 4

Cooke, E., Coles, L., Thorpe, K., Houen, S., 2023, Crystallising The Everyday Emotional Work of Women Working in Childcare During Covid-19, in Mackinlay and Madden (Eds), Departing Radically in Academic Writing: Alternative Approaches to Writing and Methods in Qualitative Research, 1st Edition, Routledge: London, 10.4324/9781003360766-2

Delahunty, J., Jones, P., Verenkina, I., 2023, Collaborative knowledge building: The dynamic life of ideas in online discussion forums in Thwait, A., Simpson, A., Jones, P., (Eds), Dialogic Pedagogy, 1st Edition, Routledge: London, 10.4324/9781003296744-20

Fielding, K., Maslin, K., & Murcia, K. (2023). ‘I can’t draw, sing or dance to save my life!’: Educator and parent implicit theories of creativity. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/18369391231159670

Frommel, Julian and Freeman, Guo and MacKenzie, Janelle E. and Johnson, Daniel and Mandryk, Regan L., 2023, Workshop on Understanding and Combating the Problematic Side of Play, CHI PLAY Companion ’23: Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in PlayOctober 2023Pages 348–349, https://doi.org/10.1145/3573382.3616025

Gadam, S., Pattinson, C. L., Rossa, K. R., Soleimanloo, S. S., Moore, J., Begum, T., Srinivasan, A. G., & Smith, S. S. (2023). Interventions to increase sleep duration in young people: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 70, 101807–101807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2023.101807

Healy, S.; Coleman, K.,; Rodriguez, Aleesha; Ng, Rebecca; Belton, Amanda; Williams, Jessica; et al. (2023). Dreams for Digital Spaces Symposium Paper: What Shapes the Worlds of Children, Educators and Researchers?. The University of Melbourne. Journal contribution. https://doi.org/10.26188/22566979.v1

Hendry, D.; Rohl, A.L.; Rasmussen, C.L.; Zabatiero, J.; Cliff, D.P.; Smith, S.S.; Mackenzie, J.; Pattinson, C.L.; Straker, L.; Campbell, A. Objective Measurement of Posture and Movement in Young Children Using Wearable Sensors and Customised Mathematical Approaches: A Systematic Review. Sensors 2023, 23, 9661. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23249661

Hesketh, K. D., Booth, V., Cleland, V., Gomersall, S. R., Olds, T., Reece, L., Ridgers, N. D., Straker, L., Stylianou, M., Tomkinson, G. R., & Lubans, D. (2023). Results from the Australian 2022 Report Card on physical activity for children and young people. Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness, 21(1), 83–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesf.2022.10.006

Hood R, Zabatiero J, Zubrick S, Silva D, Straker L. (2023) ‘It helps and it doesn’t help’: maternal perspectives on how the use of smartphones and tablet computers influences parent-infant attachment. Ergonomics. DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2023.2212148

Jaunzems, K., Jacques, C., Green, L., & Brandsen, S. (2023). “The Internet of Life” : Enhancing the Everyday through Children’s Use of Digital Devices. M/C Journal, 26(2). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2954

Jefferson, S., Lowe, G. M., Gray, C. & Prout, P. (2023) The search for marigolds: Positive veteran teachers and why social support matters, Teachers and Teaching, 29:2, 150-163, DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2022.2151430

Jeong, D., & Hardy, I. (2023). Imagining educational futures? SDG4 enactment for ethnic minorities in Laos. Compare, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2023.2292522

Kay, L., Brandsen, S., Jacques, C., Stocco, F. ., & Zaffaroni, L. G. (2023). Children’s Digital and Non-Digital Play Practices with Cozmo, the Toy Robot. M/C Journal, 26(2). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2943 (Original work published April 25, 2023)

Kay, L., Green, L., & Leaver, T. (2023). Blocks. M/C Journal, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2984

Kervin, L., Howard, S, Jones, R., McKnight, A., (2023), Research for Educators, Third edition. Cengage https://au.cengage.com/c/isbn/9780170460446/?filterBy=Higher-Education#meet-the-author

Kervin.L, Mantei.J, Riveria.M.C,S & Neilsen-Hewett.C, (2023). Establishing a Digital Technology Play Space for Children. Journal of Museum Education, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10598650.2023.2241948

Leaver, T., & Srdarov, S. . (2023). ChatGPT Isn’t Magic : The Hype and Hypocrisy of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Rhetoric. M/C Journal, 26(5). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.3004

Leaver, T., Green, L., & Kay, L. (2023). It’s All about the Toys!. M/C Journal, 26(2). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2974 (Original work published April 25, 2023)

Levido, A. (2023) Exploring the Key Concept of Technologies in Media Literacy Education. British Educational Research Association Conference – Birmingham, England 12-14 September 2023.

Locke, K., & Leaver, T. (2023). Pokémon Go and Urban Accessibility. In K. Ellis, T. Leaver, & M. Kent (Eds.), Gaming Disability: Disability Perspectives on Contemporary Video Games (pp. 210–221). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367357153-20

Mannell, K., Fordyce, R., & Jethani, S. (2023). Oaths and the ethics of automated data: limits to porting the Hippocratic oath from medicine to data science. Cultural Studies (London, England), 37(1), 168–189. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2022.2042577

Maslin, K., Murcia, K., Blackley, S., & Lowe, G. (2023). Fostering young children’s creativity in online learning environments: A systematic literature review. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 47, 101249-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2023.101249

Neag, A., & Healy, S. (2023). ‘Daddy should search for help on Google instead of swearing … ’: escaping the boundaries of technologically mediated learning. Journal of Educational Media : The Journal of the Educational Television Association, 48(4), 649–665. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2023.2249812

Nicholas, M., & Paatsch, L. (2023). The shared reading of digital storybooks with young children: Parents’ perspectives. Research Papers in Education, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2023.2205411

Om, C., Brereton, M., Vella, K., Ploderer, B., Dema, T., Dobson, M., Murcia, K. (in press) Rethinking the development of computational thinking skills in young children through nature play. Proceedings of the 35th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (OzCHI’23)

Ouyang, L., 2023, Designing Interactive Speakers to Support Pre-schoolers for Music Education, IDC ’23: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference June 2023 Pages 764–765, https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3593924

Paatsch, L., Casey, S., Green, A., Stagnitti, K. (2023), Learning through play in the primary school : the why and the how for teachers and school leaders, Routledge: London and New York, SBN 9781032284217.

Pangrazio, L., & Mavoa, J. (2023). Studying the datafication of Australian childhoods: learning from a survey of digital technologies in homes with young children. Media International Australia, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X231162386

Pangrazio, L., & Sefton-Green, J. (2023). Digital literacies as a “soft power” of educational governance. In World Yearbook of Education 2024: Digitalisation of Education in the Era of Algorithms, Automation and Artificial Intelligence (pp. 196–211). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003359722-15

Pattinson, C. L., Edmed, S. L., Smith, S. S., & Douglas, P. S. (2023). Questioning the effectiveness of behavioral sleep interventions for infants. The Journal of Pediatrics, 261, 113335–113335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.01.012

Perrotta, C., & Pangrazio, L. (2023). The Critical Study of Digital Platforms and Infrastructures: Current Issues and New Agendas for Education Technology Research. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 31. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.31.7952

Poyntz, S. R., Sefton-Green, J., Fitzsimmons Frey, H., (2023) Youthsites: Histories of Creativity, Care, and Learning in the City, Oxford University Press: London, UK

Price AMH, White N, Burley J, et al Price, A. M. H., White, N., Burley, J., Zhu, A., Contreras-Suarez, D., Wang, S., Stone, M., Trotter, K., Mrad, M., Caldwell, J., Bishop, R., Chota, S., Bui, L., Sanger, D., Roles, R., Watts, A., Samir, N., Grace, R., Raman, S., … Goldfeld, S. (2023). Feasibility of linking universal child and family healthcare and financial counselling: findings from the Australian Healthier Wealthier Families (HWF) mixed-methods study. BMJ Open, 13(11), e075651–e075651. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075651

Rodriguez, A., & Levido, A. (2023). “My Little Influencer”: A Toy Ringlight as Proxy to Media Practices and Technopanics. M/C Journal, 26(2). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2948

Ruscoe, A., Barblett, L., & Barratt-Pugh, C. (2023). Discourses in power: Policy and curriculum demands in the first year of compulsory school. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 24(3), 298–312. https://doi.org/10.1177/1463949121990905

Sanders, T., Noetel, M., Parker, P., Del Pozo Cruz, B., Biddle, S., Ronto, R., Hulteen, R., Parker, R., Thomas, G., De Cocker, K., Salmon, J., Hesketh, K., Weeks, N., Arnott, H., Devine, E., Vasconcellos, R., Pagano, R., Sherson, J., Conigrave, J., & Lonsdale, C. (2023). An umbrella review of the benefits and risks associated with youths’ interactions with electronic screens. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01712-8

Shay, M., Sarra, G., & Woods, A. (2022). Grounded ontologies: Indigenous methodologies in qualitative cross-cultural research. In Handbook of Qualitative Cross-Cultural Research Methods (pp. 26–39). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800376625.00011

Snow, S, Matthews, S, Chen, Y, Yang, S, and Bayley, M (2023). Designing serious games to engage children with energy saving in the home: potential learning outcomes and design considerations. Journal of Computers in Education 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40692-023-00302-x

Stevenson, K. J., Jayakumar, E., & See, H. (2023). The Toy Brick as a Communicative Device for Amplifying Children’s Voices in Research. M/C Journal, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2957

Theobald, Maryanne, Busch, Gillian, Mushin, Ilana, O’Gorman, Lyndal, Nielson, Cathy, Radanovic, Shelley, Briant, Elizabeth, Curtis, Lisa, Mirah, Erin, Rana, Louise, Moore, Tyler, and Danby, Susan (2023). Children as citizens of a global society. International perspectives on educating for democracy in early childhood. Edited by Stacy Lee DeZutter. New York, NY, United States: Routledge.297-320. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003229568-23

Torjinski, M., Horwood, S. Associations between nature exposure, screen use, and parent–child relations: a scoping review protocol. Syst Rev 12, 217 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02367-2

van der Nagel, E., Hutchinson, J., Abidin, C., & Kaye, B. (2023). Black summer on TikTok and ABC news: Shaping cultural identity during an Australian bushfire crisis. Convergence, 29(4), 962-979. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565231178005

Vella, K., Dobson, M., Rodgers, S., Om, C., Bircanin, F., Dema, T., Pillai, J., Murcia, K., & Brereton, M. (2023). Wired, wild, wonderful: A scoping review of early childhood nature connections fostered by digital technologies. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2023.100619

Westwood, E., Smith, S., Mann, D., Pattinson, C., Allan, A., & Staton, S. (2023). The effects of light in children: A systematic review. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 89, 102062-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102062

Williams, Kate E., Hayes, Nicole, Berthelsen, Donna, and Quach, Jon (2023). A longitudinal model of sleep problems and classroom self-regulation across elementary school. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 89 101596 101596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101596

Wilson, S., Murcia, K., Cross, E., & Lowe, G. (2023). Digital technologies and the early childhood sector: are we fostering digital capabilities and agency in young children? Australian Educational Researcher. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-023-00647-3

Yanes, T., Nathan, V., Wallingford, C., Faragher, R., Nankervis, K., Jacobs, C., Vassos, M., Boyle, F., Carroll, A., Smith, S., & McInerney-Leo, A. (2023). Australasian genetic counselors’ attitudes toward disability and prenatal testing: Findings from a cross-sectional survey. Journal of genetic counseling, 10.1002/jgc4.1788. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgc4.1788

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Arabiat, D., Al Jabery, M., Robinson, S., Whitehead, L., & Mörelius, E. (2022). Interactive technology use and child development: A systematic review. In Child: Care, Health and Development. Wiley, DOI: 10.1111/cch.13082

Barblett, L., & Barratt-Pugh, C. (2022). Shifting the balance of power for families through a strengths-based book gifting program. In Relationships with Families in Early Childhood Education and Care (pp. 113–121). Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9780367816100-14

Burley, J., Samir, N., Price, A., Parker, A., Zhu, A., Eapen, V., Contreras-Suarez, D., Schreurs, N., Lawson, K., Lingam, R., Grace, R., Raman, S., Kemp, L., Bishop, R., Goldfeld, S., & Woolfenden, S. (2022). Connecting Healthcare with Income Maximisation Services: A Systematic Review on the Health, Wellbeing and Financial Impacts for Families with Young Children. In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 19, Issue 11, p. 6425). MDPI AG. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19116425

Busch, G., Theobald, M., & Danby, S. (2022). The Stories We Tell: Stories Within Family Mealtimes. In Storytelling Practices in Home and Educational Contexts (pp. 73–92). Springer Nature Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-9955-9_5

K. J. Murcia, C. Campbell, M. M. Joubert, & S. Wilson (Eds.), (2022), Children’s Creative Inquiry in STEM.  Sociocultural Explorations of Science Education. Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-94724-8

Church, A., Bateman, A., & Danby, S. (2022). Conversation Analysis for Early Childhood Teachers. In Talking with Children (pp. 21–37). Cambridge University Press. DOI: 10.1017/9781108979764.002

Corser, K., Dezuanni, M., & Notley, T. (2022) How news media literacy is taught in Australian classrooms. Australian Educational Researcher, 49(4), pp. 761-777. DOI: 10.1007/s13384-021-00457-5

Cross, E. F., Dobson, M. R., Walker, R. M., Lowe, G. M., (2022), Leading for quality in Western Australian early childhood services: An emerging framework, Issues in Educational Research, DOI: 10.3316/informit.806224365341712

Dezuanni, M. (2022) Nordic childhoods and entertainment ‘supersystems’ in the digital age. In Kumpulainen, Kristiina, Kajamaa, Anu, Erstad, Ola, Mäkitalo, Åsa, Drotner, Kirsten, & Jakobsdóttir, Sólveig (Eds.) Nordic Childhoods in the Digital Age : Insights into Contemporary Research on Communication, Learning and Education. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 201-206. DOI: 10.4324/9781003145257-22

Dezuanni, M. & Notley, T. (2022) Media literacy for primary-aged students in the age of digital media and augmented reality. PETAA Paper, 225, pp. 1-8, 2022.

Foster-Thorpe, F., Bennett, S., (2022), Digital lifetime of a child born today, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, DOI: 10.3316/informit.576666159906350

Green, L., & Le, V. T. (2022). Holding the Line: Responsibility, Digital Citizenship and the Platforms. In Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business (pp. 85–109). Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95220-4_5

Green, L., Dudek, D., Lynne, C., Ólafsson, K., Staksrud, E., Jacques, C. L., & Jaunzems, K. (2022). Tox and Detox. In M/C Journal (Vol. 25, Issue 2). Queensland University of Technology. DOI: 10.5204/mcj.2888

Hood, R., Zabatiero, J., Silva, D., R. Zubrick, S., & Straker, L. (2022). ‘There’s good and bad’: parent perspectives on the influence of mobile touch screen device use on prenatal attachment. In Ergonomics (Vol. 65, Issue 12, pp. 1593–1608). Informa UK Limited. DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2022.2041734

Houen, S., & Danby, S. (2022). Digital Technologies.In Talking with Children (pp. 204–226). Cambridge University Press. DOI: /10.1017/9781108979764.011

Houen, S., Thorpe, K., van Os, D., Westwood, E., Toon, D., & Staton, S. (2022). Eliciting and responding to young children’s talk: A systematic review of educators’ interactional strategies that promote rich conversations with children aged 2–5 years. In Educational Research Review (Vol. 37, p. 100473). Elsevier BV. DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2022.100473

Jefferson, S., Lowe, G. M., Gray, C., & Prout, P. (2022). The search for marigolds: Positive veteran teachers and why social support matters. In Teachers and Teaching (pp. 1–14). Informa UK Limited. DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2022.2151430

Johnston, K., Kervin, L., & Wyeth, P. (2022). STEM, STEAM and Makerspaces in Early Childhood: A Scoping Review. In Sustainability (Vol. 14, Issue 20, p. 13533). MDPI AG. DOI: 10.3390/su142013533

Low, D. E., Kervin, L. K., Pandya, J. Z., (2022)., Foreword in Multimodal Literacies in Young Emergent Bilinguals: Beyond Print-Centric Practices, Brown, S. and Hao, L. (Eds), DOI: 10.21832/9781800412361

Mannell, K., & Smith, E. T. (2022). Alternative Social Media and the Complexities of a More Participatory Culture: A View From Scuttlebutt. In Social Media + Society (Vol. 8, Issue 3, p. 205630512211224). SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/20563051221122448

Matamoros-Fernández, A., Rodriguez, A., & Wikström, P. (2022). Humor That Harms? Examining Racist Audio-Visual Memetic Media on TikTok During Covid-19. In Media and Communication (Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp. 180–191). Cogitatio. DOI: 10.17645/mac.v10i2.5154

Murcia, K., (2022), Children’s Creativity and STEM Inquiry Projects, Asian Research Network Journal of Education

Murcia, K., & Cross, E. (2022). Empowering Early Childhood Teachers to Develop Digital Technology Pedagogies: An Australian Action Research Case Study. In STEM, Robotics, Mobile Apps in Early Childhood and Primary Education (pp. 33–53). Springer Nature Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-0568-1_3

Murcia, K., & Oblak, C. (2022). Exploring an Engineering Design Process and Young Children’s Creativity. In Children’s Creative Inquiry in STEM (pp. 207–223). Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-94724-8_12

Pangrazio, L., & Sefton-Green, J. (2022). Learning to Live with Datafication. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003136842

PlayTank Collective, Healy, S., Mayes, E., Flynn, A., Edwards, A., (2022), Entering into Sympogogies, Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry, DOI: 10.18733/cpi29658

Sefton-Green, J. (2022). Is there a ‘theory of learning’ for cultural studies and is it (still) relevant in an era of surveillance capitalism? In Continuum (pp. 1–13). Informa UK Limited. DOI: 10.1080/10304312.2022.2049211

Stocco, F., & Green, L. (2022). Children and the Internet of Toys. In The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Media (pp. 162–170). Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003118824-21

Straker, L., Booth, V., Cleland, V., Gomersall, S., Lubans, D., Olds, T., Reece, L., Ridgers, N., Stylianou, M., Tomkinson, G., & Hesketh, K. (2022). Reimagining physical activity for children following the systemic disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. In British Journal of Sports Medicine (Vol. 56, Issue 16, pp. 899–900). BMJ. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-105277

Theobald, M., Busch, G., Mushin, I., O’Gorman, L., Nielson, C., Watts, J., & Danby, S. (2022). Making Culture Visible: Telling Small Stories in Busy Classrooms. In Storytelling Practices in Home and Educational Contexts (pp. 123–148). Springer Nature Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-9955-9_8

Webster, L., Leaver, T., & Sandry, E. (2022). Transmedia storytelling during the COVID-19 pandemic: Marvel’s WandaVision and Zack Snyder’s Justice League. In First Monday. University of Illinois Libraries. DOI: 10.5210/fm.v27i7.11784

Zhao, X. (Andy). (2022). Digital Experiences of International Students: Challenging Assumptions and Rethinking Engagement, Shanton Chang and Catherine Gomes (eds) (2021). In Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration (Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 126–128). Intellect. DOI: 10.1386/tjtm_00048_5

 

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Mörelius E, Robinson S, Arabiat D, Whitehead L,
Digital Interventions to Improve Health Literacy Among Parents of Children Aged 0 to 12 Years With a Health Condition: Systematic Review, Journal of Medical Internet Research 2021;23(12):e31665, 10.2196/31665\