Drew P Cingel
Biographic Data
| ID | 287100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Drew P Cingel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Drew P |
| FAMILY NAME | Cingel |
| SIGNATURE | CINGEL D P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3586-0751 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 42 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 42 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The youth digital policy repository: A tool for tracking digital media legislation aimed at minors
Korean Children’s YouTube Use and Social Skills: A Linkage Analysis with Negative Interactions in Favorite YouTube Content
Given the popularity of YouTube viewing among young children, we studied the relations between young children’s YouTube viewing time and exposure to negative interactions within reported favorite YouTube content on their self-regulation, anxiety, and social skills. Through analysis of data collected from 341 South Korean parents (child ages 4–6), we found that child YouTube viewing time was associated with poorer child self-regulation. We also fo…
Overuse and dependency run in the family: Problematic smartphone use across generations
Smartphones have become an integral part of daily life, yet their widespread use has raised growing concerns about problematic smartphone use. Using cross-sectional survey data from 980 Korean parent – child dyads with children aged 6 to 8 who use smartphones, this study examined how parents’ problematic smartphone use (PSU) is associated with children’s PSU through parental negative parenting behaviors and parental self-regulation. The findings …
Children’s vocabulary, math, and social-emotional learning from interactive media: The role of choice, agency, and repetition in app design
Media portrayals of sexual consent and refusal influence adolescents’ gender-related attitudes
Strong Foundations and Forward-Thinking in Turbulent Times: A Note from Our Incoming Editors
BigTech @Minors: Social media algorithms have actionable knowledge about child users and at-risk teens
Social media monitoring efficacy among parents of adolescents in the United States: A brief report
The present study examined factors relating to parental social media monitoring efficacy among parents of 8–17-year-olds in the United States (N = 903). Utilizing the Dynamic, Relational, Ecological Approach to Media Effects Research (DREAMER) framework, we investigated individual parent, child, family, and structural factors. Results indicated that parent gender, awareness of children’s social media activities, children’s problematic media use, …
Parent problematic media use, child reactivity, and income: Context for parents’ use of media emotion regulation strategies in the United States
Using the ABC-X model of family stress, this study examines how parent resources and deficits of resources (e.g. depressive symptoms, problematic media use) relate to parents’ use of media emotion regulation practices, as well as the moderating role of child emotional reactivity and household income in these processes. Survey data from 598 parents of 3–7-year-olds in the United States, 33.44% White, 23.58% Black, 19.40% Hispanic, 18.90% Asian, an…
Parents’ differential attitudes toward children’s media use by race and anxiety about children’s futures
Guided by the Differential Susceptibility to Media Effects model, we examined the relations between parents’ anxiety over their children’s futures and their attitudes toward playful media for children and media featuring principles of direct instruction, as moderated by parent race ( N = 600, quota sampled for race, children ages 3–7). Research has demonstrated that parents’ anxiety surrounding their children’s futures influences their attitudes …
There is more than one way to engage in effective media parenting: An analysis of parenting with media in four world regions and associations with adolescent well-being
We examined whether multiple approaches to media parenting could be supportive of adolescent well-being. Using a Latent Profile Analysis, we identified approaches to media parenting and examined associations between media parenting profiles and adolescent well-being in four world regions. Data for this study were drawn from parents (N = 1,232) of adolescents and adolescent-parent dyads (adolescent ages 13-17; N = 266 dyads) living in Australia/Ne…
How sex is referenced in Netflix original, adolescent-directed series: A content analysis of subtitles
The Covid-19 Pandemic, Adolescent Media Use, and Mental Health: Comparing Relationships Among Adolescents From South Korea and the United States
The COVID-19 pandemic had a detrimental impact on adolescent mental health, but few studies have explicitly compared adolescents’ mental health across countries, nor have they explored how different uses of media by adolescents in different countries may serve as protective or detrimental factors. To explore these associations, we use data collected from 958 South Korean adolescents and 1,253 United States (U.S.) adolescents in spring 2022 (ages …
U.S. parents’ scientific literacy and efficacy: Associations with children’s STEM media engagement
Promoting science, math, engineering, and technology (STEM) skills for young children provides foundation for and interest in later STEM learning, making early childhood an important time to develop these competencies. Young children also spend increasing amounts of time with media, and thus it is important to understand if children are accessing STEM content and what factors may determine this access. The current survey study of parents of three…
The Effects of Fantastical Characters and Prosocial Message Duration on Children’s Narrative, Emotional, and Moral Lesson Comprehension of a Cartoon
A Systematic Content Analysis of the Moral Foundations Featured in Celebrities’, Influencers’, and Athletes’ Instagram Content
Celebrities, athletes, and influencers are often considered role models by youth who closely follow the content they share on Instagram. Despite the attention that moral media content has received for many years, thus far, no research has systematically investigated the moral foundations referenced in (visual) user-generated content, even less so in famous figures’ daily posts. This is important, as exposure to moral content may influence the rel…
Social media use in the context of the Personal Social Media Ecosystem Framework
The rapid proliferation and maturation of social media platforms have led to numerous challenges in understanding the correlates of social media use among users. To advance this research, the present article proposes a new way to think about social media with the Personal Social Media Ecosystem Framework (PSMEF). This perspective defines social media as a user-centric digital environment made up of a central set of individual, yet interrelated di…
The role of different screen media devices, child dysregulation, and parent screen media use in children’s self-regulation
Higher TV exposure has been repeatedly linked to poorer self-regulation among young children. Recent studies show that the use of mobile screen media devices is also negatively related to self-regulation in early childhood. Despite the proliferation of mobile devices in households with young children, it is unclear whether children’s use of smartphones and tablets predicts their self-regulation independently of TV use and parents’ screen media us…
The role of different characters on story-consistent attitudes and self-reported mental health-related behavior change among viewers of 13 Reasons Why
Predicting the use of YouTube and content exposure among 10–12-year-old children: Dispositional, developmental, and social factors
Exploring the relations of subjective and objective Instagram use on young adults' mental health
A content analysis of aggression in Netflix original, adolescent-directed series’ subtitles
Given the risk for aggression in the media to potentially influence adolescents’ cognitions and behaviors related to aggression, we performed a content analysis to examine the different types of aggression referenced in all subtitles of all episodes of eight Netflix original, adolescent-directed series (as of the end of 2019). Across all series, there was higher number of references to physical aggression and verbal insult, but fewer references t…
Representations of LGBQ+ families in young children’s media
Representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ+)1 characters in children’s media have proliferated over the last five years (GLAAD Media Institute, 2019). In large part, this shift has
Minding Children’s Media Morals: Parents’ Moral Foundation Salience Differentially Relates to Attitudes and Motivations Toward Children’s Educational Media
Guided by Moral Foundations Theory and the Model of Intuitive Morality and Exemplars (MIME), we examined the relationships between parents' moral foundation salience and their attitudes and motivations toward using educational media with their young children (N = 449; child ages 4–7 years). Although research has shown that individuals' moral foundation salience predicts their own liking and selection of media, research has not considered these pr…
A replication and extension of the Personal Social Media Ecosystem Framework
The recently forwarded Personal Social Media Ecosystem Framework (PSMEF) allows researchers to study social media in terms of generalized types of user interfaces. This study formally extended the PSMEF via the Digital User Interface Model and replicated previous work by evidencing the existence of new (e.g., Overtly Algorithmic Content Pages) and validating previously identified types of user interfaces (e.g., Home Pages and Chats/Messages) that…
Texting, techspeak, and tweens: The relationship between text messaging and English grammar skills
The perpetual use of mobile devices by adolescents has fueled a culture of text messaging, with abbreviations and grammatical shortcuts, thus raising the following question in the minds of parents and teachers: Does increased use of text messaging engender greater reliance on such ‘textual adaptations’ to the point of altering one’s sense of written grammar? A survey ( N = 228) was conducted to test the association between text message usage of s…
A Systematic Content Analysis of the Moral Foundations Featured in Celebrities’, Influencers’, and Athletes’ Instagram Content
Celebrities, athletes, and influencers are often considered role models by youth who closely follow the content they share on Instagram. Despite the attention that moral media content has received for many years, thus far, no research has systematically investigated the moral foundations referenced in (visual) user-generated content, even less so in famous figures’ daily posts. This is important, as exposure to moral content may influence the rel…
Examining Two Theoretical Models Predicting American and Dutch Parents’ Mediation of Adolescent Social Media Use
The goal of the present study was to utilize two theoretical models, one based on a mediation approach and the other on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), to understand parents’ mediation of their adolescents’ social media use. Data were collected from parents of adolescents ages 10–18 in two countries, the United States (US) and the Netherlands. Results indicated significant differences between the two samples. Specifically, American parents …
A replication and extension of the Personal Social Media Ecosystem Framework
The recently forwarded Personal Social Media Ecosystem Framework (PSMEF) allows researchers to study social media in terms of generalized types of user interfaces. This study formally extended the PSMEF via the Digital User Interface Model and replicated previous work by evidencing the existence of new (e.g., Overtly Algorithmic Content Pages) and validating previously identified types of user interfaces (e.g., Home Pages and Chats/Messages) that…
Sexual Consent on Television: Differing Portrayal Effects on Adolescent Viewers
Behind the Reasons: The Relationship Between Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health Risk Factors and Exposure to Season One of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why
With increasing media choice, particularly through the rise of streaming services, it has become more important for empirical research to examine how youth decide which programs to view, particularly when the content focuses on difficult health topics such as suicide. The present study investigated why adolescents and young adults chose to view or not view season 1 of 13 Reasons Why and how individual-level variables related to adolescents’ and y…
Texting, techspeak, and tweens: The relationship between text messaging and English grammar skills
The perpetual use of mobile devices by adolescents has fueled a culture of text messaging, with abbreviations and grammatical shortcuts, thus raising the following question in the minds of parents and teachers: Does increased use of text messaging engender greater reliance on such ‘textual adaptations’ to the point of altering one’s sense of written grammar? A survey ( N = 228) was conducted to test the association between text message usage of s…
Predicting Social Networking Site Use and Online Communication Practices among Adolescents: The Role of Access and Device Ownership
Given adolescents' heavy social media use, this study examined a number of predictors of adolescent social media use, as well as predictors of online communication practices. Using data collected from a national sample of 467 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17, results indicate that demographics, technology access, and technology ownership are related to social media use and communication practices. Specifically, females log onto and use m…
Predicting Social Networking Site Use and Online Communication Practices among Adolescents: The Role of Access and Device Ownership
Given adolescents' heavy social media use, this study examined a number of predictors of adolescent social media use, as well as predictors of online communication practices. Using data collected from a national sample of 467 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17, results indicate that demographics, technology access, and technology ownership are related to social media use and communication practices. Specifically, females log onto and use m…
Development as an Explanation for and Predictor of Online Self-Disclosure Among Dutch Adolescents
The goal of the present study was to investigate whether adolescent online self-disclosure is primarily related to the developmental variable of egocentrism or related to the personality trait, narcissism. Egocentrism was measured as Imaginary Audience ideation and Personal Fable ideation, two distinct concepts of adolescent egocentrism. We also examined whether age moderates the aforementioned relationship. A total of 381 participants completed …
The ABCs of Media and Children: Attention, Behavior, and Comprehension
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. Please check back later for the full article. Children are and have been active media users for decades. Historically, the focus on children and media issues have centered on the concerns and consequences of media use, generally around violence. In the last 40 years, we have seen a shift to study children and media from a more holistic approa…
What kind of adults will our children become? The impact of growing up in a media-saturated world
This article urges children and media scholars to consider the broader consequences of the ubiquitous media environment in which children live today. We consider, within a broader sociocultural context, the ways in which media and interactive technology serve as more knowledgeable others, scaffolding children's learning and development. Given this context, it is imperative for researchers to consider the consequences of living in the digital age …
Examining Two Theoretical Models Predicting American and Dutch Parents’ Mediation of Adolescent Social Media Use
The goal of the present study was to utilize two theoretical models, one based on a mediation approach and the other on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), to understand parents’ mediation of their adolescents’ social media use. Data were collected from parents of adolescents ages 10–18 in two countries, the United States (US) and the Netherlands. Results indicated significant differences between the two samples. Specifically, American parents …
Controversy sells, but what about science? Press coverage of 13 Reasons Why
For decades, popular press reports have called the role of media in the lives of young people into question. Of course, some of these news stories and other popular press pieces are associated with...
How Does She Do It? An Experimental Study of the Pro- and Anti-social Effects of Watching Superhero Content among Late Adolescents
Although superheroes are popular characters on television and in movies, there is a lack of research on the effects of viewing this content among adolescents. For this reason, we conducted an experiment (N = 145; no-view control, nonviolent superhero content, violent superhero content) among adolescents ages 16–18. Results indicated that exposure to violent superhero content elicited prosocial outcomes among males, but not among females. There we…
Considering Moral Foundations Theory and the Model of Intuitive Morality and Exemplars in the context of child and adolescent development
Theorizing posits that moral judgment and reasoning stem from intuitions from at least one of six cognitive moral modules. Research has examined how media exposure influences aspects of moral development among children and adolescents. These lines of research remain largely unintegrated, however, and extant theories lack an explicit developmental perspective. We argue that Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) is a useful tool for contextualizing past f…
On becoming neighbors: The communication ethics of Fred Rogers. Alexandra Klarén
Reasons Why, Perceived Norms, and Reports of Mental Health-Related Behavior Change among Adolescent and Young Adult Viewers in Four Global Regions
Media programing addressing controversial topics among youth has grown; however, research has yet to consider the correlates of viewing on a global scale. Using the theory of normative social behavior (TNSB), this study examined perceived norms about mental illness among a sample of 3,520 adolescent and young adult viewers and nonviewers of 13 Reasons Why in Australia/New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Brazil. We assessed the…
Behind the Reasons: The Relationship Between Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health Risk Factors and Exposure to Season One of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why
With increasing media choice, particularly through the rise of streaming services, it has become more important for empirical research to examine how youth decide which programs to view, particularly when the content focuses on difficult health topics such as suicide. The present study investigated why adolescents and young adults chose to view or not view season 1 of 13 Reasons Why and how individual-level variables related to adolescents’ and y…
Navigating a muscular and sexualized Instagram feed: An experimental study examining how Instagram affects both heterosexual and nonheterosexual men’s body image
Despite nearly equal Instagram use rates between men and women, research on the effects of Instagram use on body image has mainly focused on women, and continued research on visual social media is warranted. To fill this gap, we conducted a 2 (image muscularity; high vs. low) × 2 (image sexualization; high vs. low) + 1 (control) between-subjects online experiment among 133 young adult men. Among all participants, we examined the moderating effect…
Parent viewership of 13 reasons why and parental perceived knowledge about adolescent life: Implications for parental efficacy among parents from the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Aus…
There has been a recent increase in television programming that aims to provide realistic portrayals of adolescent life in an effort to both entertain and educate adolescent viewers. Research on this entertainment-education programming has examined the effects on adolescent viewers; however, it has not considered the relationship between parent viewing of such programming and their perceived knowledge about adolescent life. Further, it is possibl…
United States adolescents’ responses to sexual consent on television and the moderating role of anxious attachment
Understanding effects of televised depictions of sexual consent communication on adolescents is important, given that many individuals experience their first romantic and sexual relationships during this developmental period. Using the theory of planned behavior as a framework, we examined how portrayals of verbal and non-verbal sexual consent in adolescent-directed programming influenced attitudes, perceived norms, and perceived behavioral contr…
Social media use in the context of the Personal Social Media Ecosystem Framework
The rapid proliferation and maturation of social media platforms have led to numerous challenges in understanding the correlates of social media use among users. To advance this research, the present article proposes a new way to think about social media with the Personal Social Media Ecosystem Framework (PSMEF). This perspective defines social media as a user-centric digital environment made up of a central set of individual, yet interrelated di…
The role of different screen media devices, child dysregulation, and parent screen media use in children’s self-regulation
Higher TV exposure has been repeatedly linked to poorer self-regulation among young children. Recent studies show that the use of mobile screen media devices is also negatively related to self-regulation in early childhood. Despite the proliferation of mobile devices in households with young children, it is unclear whether children’s use of smartphones and tablets predicts their self-regulation independently of TV use and parents’ screen media us…
The role of different characters on story-consistent attitudes and self-reported mental health-related behavior change among viewers of 13 Reasons Why
Predicting the use of YouTube and content exposure among 10–12-year-old children: Dispositional, developmental, and social factors
Exploring the relations of subjective and objective Instagram use on young adults' mental health
A content analysis of aggression in Netflix original, adolescent-directed series’ subtitles
Given the risk for aggression in the media to potentially influence adolescents’ cognitions and behaviors related to aggression, we performed a content analysis to examine the different types of aggression referenced in all subtitles of all episodes of eight Netflix original, adolescent-directed series (as of the end of 2019). Across all series, there was higher number of references to physical aggression and verbal insult, but fewer references t…
Representations of LGBQ+ families in young children’s media
Representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ+)1 characters in children’s media have proliferated over the last five years (GLAAD Media Institute, 2019). In large part, this shift has
Minding Children’s Media Morals: Parents’ Moral Foundation Salience Differentially Relates to Attitudes and Motivations Toward Children’s Educational Media
Guided by Moral Foundations Theory and the Model of Intuitive Morality and Exemplars (MIME), we examined the relationships between parents' moral foundation salience and their attitudes and motivations toward using educational media with their young children (N = 449; child ages 4–7 years). Although research has shown that individuals' moral foundation salience predicts their own liking and selection of media, research has not considered these pr…
A replication and extension of the Personal Social Media Ecosystem Framework
The recently forwarded Personal Social Media Ecosystem Framework (PSMEF) allows researchers to study social media in terms of generalized types of user interfaces. This study formally extended the PSMEF via the Digital User Interface Model and replicated previous work by evidencing the existence of new (e.g., Overtly Algorithmic Content Pages) and validating previously identified types of user interfaces (e.g., Home Pages and Chats/Messages) that…
Psychology (35 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (25 works) · Developmental psychology (24 works) · Social Psychology (24 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (23 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Media Influence and Health (15 works) · Social Media and Politics (13 works) · Computer Science (12 works) · Social media (10 works)