Current Research

A selection of the latest Australian and international research on the effects of media on children:

• Advertising and marketing to children
  Research on the impacts of various types of advertising and marketing, including food advertising
• Children's understanding of media content 
  Research related to developmental ages and stages
• Media content and impacts
  The impacts of such content as violence, horror and scary stuff, sex/ sexualised images, pornography, stereotypes and risky behaviours  including smoking, alcohol and other drugs.
• Media use
  Research related to who is using the media, how much, when, where and the outcomes of this media usage.
• Mitigating media impacts
  Regulation, classification, media education for children, parent education and strategies,advocacy on behalf of the child audience
• Technology-specific issues
  Research on various types of technology: videogames, mobile phones, apps, social media, Internet safety, cyberbullying 

A list of researchers who focus on children and the media 

Link to the US based Center on Media and Child Health searchable research data base