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.

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!

The authors found that all relationships varied by media activity and whether they were examined at the within- or between-person level. They also stress the need to examine interactions between gender and other developmental factors, as conditional effects emerged.

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...

Dafna Lemish continues by outlining several priorities for our field moving forward, including the need to consider the macro-systems children are embedded in, prioritize inclusive and participatory methods, and rethink media literacy. (8/8)

Founding Editor Dafna Lemish closes the special issue by reflecting on JOCAM (r)evolutions. After 18 years, two issues stand out: the need to delimit CAM scholarship to children under 18 and to situate research within national and cultural contexts. (7/8) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The authors remind that AI technologies are tools that can be understood in accessible ways and highlight the ongoing need for critical digital and data literacies in order to equip young people to be critical, ethical, and selective users of AI technologies (3/7)

Among these, @tamaleaver.bsky.social and Srdarov examine the research challenges we face in an era of generative AI, shedding light on the increasingly pervasive integration of AI tools in children’s lives, and the environmental challenges inherent to them (2/7) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Instead, @sonialivingstone.bsky.social and Sylwander call for a developmental and child-rights approach that respects children’s evolving capacities. They urge multi- and interdisciplinary research that factors children’s perspectives, interests, resources, and diverse contexts. (3/7)

In this set, @sonialivingstone.bsky.social and Kim R. Sylwander question if age limits are the best way to protect children online. They argue that these arbitrary rules ignore children’s views and evidence about children’s development and well-being. (2/7) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

⬇️ ... And here, an overview of the last 8 commentaries (3/3).

⬇️ Below, you can find an overview of the first 8 pieces (2/3)...

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...