Nelly Elias
Biographic Data
| ID | 3683458 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nelly Elias |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nelly |
| FAMILY NAME | Elias |
| SIGNATURE | ELIAS N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2891-3827 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 121 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Antecedent and intervening factors challenging mediation of children’s media use: A case study of grandmothers in Israel
This study examines the challenges grandmothers face when mediating their grandchildren’s media use – an underexplored dimension of intergenerational caregiving and of mediation theory. It combines a survey of 267 grandmother – mother dyads with 20 interviews with grandmothers. Quantitative results revealed that restrictive mediation was the most challenging practice, particularly regarding interactive media, and that technological mediation diff…
“My brother teaches me everything”: Sibling mediation of young Israeli children’s media use
This study sheds light on sibling mediation of young children’s media use, focusing on older brothers and sisters as significant mediators in imparting preferences, skills, and norms of media use in early childhood. The sample included 20 families with two or three children, one of whom was four to seven years of age and had at least one older sibling. In each family, in-depth interviews were conducted with the mothers, younger children, and with…
Secondary mediation of children's media use: An exploration of mothers-grandmothers' mediation dynamic
From experiencing parental mediation as a child to practicing it as a parent: An exploratory study with Israeli mothers
This study of 267 mothers of young children explores, for the first time, the associations between recollection of parental mediation during childhood and current parental mediation of children's media uses. The analysis indicated that the mothers' recollections were significantly associated with mediating their children's media use in the present. Moreover, these recollections predicted the current mediation more than variables found to be signi…
“Where are you?” An observational exploration of parental technoference in public places in the US and Israel
Recent studies point to the heavy rate of smartphone use by parents while they are accompanied by their children in public places This, in turn, leads to parental technoference, which raises concerns regarding children’s safety and their emotional wellbeing. Accordingly, the present study aims to ascertain the cross-cultural manifestations of parental technoference due to mobile phone use in playgrounds and eateries in two different national cont…
Food for Thought: Parent-Child Face-to-Face Communication and Mobile Phone Use in Eateries
It has become increasingly common for parents and children to engage in individual digital activities which disconnect them from each other while remaining in each other’s presence. Accordingly, this paper examines how parent-child face-to-face communication is associated with mobile phone use during a family meal in eateries. The study included unobtrusive observations of 58 families with children approximately three to six years of age in vario…
“We’ve got to get rid of her”: Representation of older adults on the preschool television show Grandpa in My Pocket
Studies of television programs and films targeting children at elementary school age systematically reveal a vast spectrum of sexist and ageist stereotypes regarding older women and men, presenting children with distorted sociocultural perceptions that perpetuate the social marginalization and devaluation of older adults. Little is known, however, regarding prevailing stereotypes associated with older women and men in television programs targetin…
Factors Explaining Grandparental Mediation of Children’s Media Use in Two National Contexts
This study aimed at revealing the factors determining grandparental mediation of their grandchildren’s screen viewing and interactive media use, based on online surveys conducted among 291 American and 356 Israeli grandparents who reported taking care of 2-to-7 years old grandchildren at least once a week. Past mediation, familiarity with children’s media, parental instructions and joint leisure activities were positively associated with mediatio…
Crianças, jovens e media: Perspetivas Atuais
A investigação sobre crianças, jovens e media registou, nas últimas duas décadas, um avanço considerável no que diz respeito ao número de estudos produzidos, aos temas abordados e às metodologias utilizadas. Esta área, por natureza multidisciplinar, foi-se afirmando no campo das Ciências da Comunicação, marcando a agenda científica e abrindo o debate público sobre o impacto dos media na vida das crianças e dos jovens e o modo como usam, compreend…
The ultimate treat? Young Israeli children’s media use under their grandparents’ care
A substantial effort was made over the years to reveal predictors of children’s screen time in an attempt to suggest effective ways to minimize its negative effects. Studies were mostly based on parents’ reports and ignored other major caregivers, particularly grandparents. Accordingly, this study offers a pioneer exploration of young children’s interactive and non-interactive media use under their grandparent’s care and the factors associated wi…
Look at me!” Parental use of mobile phones at the playground
Research suggests that parent–child communication is rapidly changing as a result of the massive adoption of mobile devices and their penetration into interpersonal interaction within the family. Accordingly, this study aims to develop a more nuanced understanding of the impact of mobile device use on the quality of parent–child interaction in early childhood, based on ethnographic observations of 60 families at two playgrounds in the United Stat…
Grandparenting with media: Patterns of mediating grandchildren’s media use
Although many grandparents are involved in caring for their grandchildren, they were completely ignored in previous research on mediation of children's media use. Informed by the Grandfather Involvement Framework and the Process Model of the Determinants of Grandparenting, the present study aims at exploring variations among grandparents in mediation patterns. The study was based on a survey of 356 grandparents of young children, who reported tak…
Screen-Assisted Parenting: The Relationship Between Toddlers' Screen Time and Parents' Use of Media as a Parenting Tool
The amount of time that children spend using various screen devices and the factors predicting it have long been the subject of empirical inquiry because of the negative outcomes associated with extensive media exposure. Most research has focused on factors such as parents' sociodemographic characteristics and their attitudes regarding media, with little attention to parents' child-rearing needs and their screen-assisted practices. This oversight…
YouTube viewers in diapers: An exploration of factors associated with amount of toddlers’ online viewing
Recent studies show that television is no longer the primary choice for screen viewing among very young children, having been surpassed by online viewing platforms, among which YouTube is dominant. YouTube’s simple user interface, that allows even toddlers to proceed to the next item on the playlist and affords them easy access to their favorite videos, has been suggested as the key to its popularity with very young audiences. On the other hand, …
Leave us alone!’: Representation of social work in the Russian immigrant media in Israel
This article examines the representation of social workers in the Russian-language immigrant press in Israel. Social work is a public service that did not exist in the USSR and most Russian immigrants were not familiar with it before immigration. This lack of basic knowledge underscores the importance of reliable representation of this major public service in the immigrant media. Nevertheless, the findings show that by taking the immigrants’ side…
Without it I am nothing’: The internet in the lives of older immigrants
This article aims to explore how using the internet may facilitate coping with the challenges of immigration in later life, based on the case of older Jewish immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel. For that purpose, in-depth interviews were conducted with 32 immigrants living in southern Israel. Results indicated that internet usages by the study participants were: (1) Managing health; (2) Nurturing professional interests; (3) Maintain…
Cultural Encoding and Fake Equality in Popular Reality Shows: Lessons from Israel
This paper critically examines the representation of two major minorities in Israel, Arab citizens of Israel and Jewish immigrants, by focusing on the widely popular genre of reality shows. We demonstrate that this genre contains sophisticated mechanisms of differentiation and selection that inevitably exclude and stigmatise minority participants. To demonstrate this thesis the paper takes a close look at two Israeli reality shows that were conce…
Britney Spears Remained in Russia: Dynamics of Musical Preferences in the Integration of Immigrant Adolescents
This study examined the roles of popular music in the lives of immigrant adolescents from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS—former Soviet Union) in Israel. Based on 70 in-depth interviews with newly arrived adolescents aged 12–18, our research revealed that these adolescents' musical preferences matched different stages of adaptation to their new country, with different music styles fulfilling different integration needs. During their f…
Between Three Worlds: Host, Homeland, and Global Media in the Lives of Russian Immigrant Families in Israel and Germany
This study investigated various roles played by host, homeland, and global media in the lives of immigrant families from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, former USSR) to Israel and Germany, as well as the place of different media in family conflicts, consolidation, and parenting strategies. The study was based on focus group interviews with 60 families of Russian-speaking immigrants in Israel and Germany and 73 semistructured, in-dept…
Don't patronize me: Media-Byand Media-Forminorities
The proposed paradigm aims at differentiating between two prototypes of ethnic minority media - media-for and media-by minorities - according to a series of twelve criteria clustered into three major categories. The first category comprises four criteria addressing medium initiative and design, i.e. the initiative behind the medium establishment, the nature of its ownership and the identity of its personnel and management. The second offers five …
People of the Book: Book reading by FSU immigrant adolescents in Israel
This article sheds light on the "forgotten" medium in the lives of immigrant adolescents, books, by focusing on the youth from the Former Soviet Union, who have immigrated to Israel since 2000. Book reading patterns found in the study reflect the immigrant adolescents' need to express, comprehend, and legitimize their feelings of sadness, loneliness, and helplessness caused by immigration. The research points, therefore, to the therapeutic functi…
Russian-speaking immigrants and their media: Still together
The recent wave of immigration from the Former Soviet Union has created the largest ethno-linguistic community of over 1 million people in Israel. Rising communication needs of the newcomers led to the rapid development of Russian-language media that fulfil a dual function: preserving the immigrants' original identity and ties to the former homeland while also addressing new challenges of social and cultural integration. This article explores the…
Illusive Pluralism and Hegemonic Identity in Popular Reality Shows in Israel
The present study aims to examine the pluralistic potential of reality shows, which might allow minorities to shape the program's script and to gain recognition for their particularistic identities. For this purpose, two prime-time reality shows were chosen— The Ambassador and Seeking a Leader—broadcast in Israel in 2005. The analysis of the programs included identification and deconstruction of their metanarratives and exposure of several mechan…
Spinning the web of identity: The roles of the internet in the lives of immigrant adolescents
This article illuminates the roles of the internet in the unique intersection between adolescence and immigration. The data presented were gathered through in-depth interviews with 70 teenage immigrants from the former Soviet Union to Israel. The analysis suggests that the internet provides valuable resources for personal growth and empowerment, as it helps to develop and strengthen many aspects of young immigrants' evolving identity during a cri…
Coming Home: Media and Returning Diaspora in Israel and Germany
Examines the social and cultural integration of Russian-speaking Jews and Germans who immigrated to their respective historic homelands. Coming Home provides an extraordinary glimpse into the social and cultural integration of a unique category of immigrants—the returning Diaspora. During the 1990s Russian-speaking Jews and Germans returned to their respective historic homelands. Nelly Elias explores the social and cultural adaptation of these tw…
Spinning the web of identity: The roles of the internet in the lives of immigrant adolescents
This article illuminates the roles of the internet in the unique intersection between adolescence and immigration. The data presented were gathered through in-depth interviews with 70 teenage immigrants from the former Soviet Union to Israel. The analysis suggests that the internet provides valuable resources for personal growth and empowerment, as it helps to develop and strengthen many aspects of young immigrants' evolving identity during a cri…
Without it I am nothing’: The internet in the lives of older immigrants
This article aims to explore how using the internet may facilitate coping with the challenges of immigration in later life, based on the case of older Jewish immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel. For that purpose, in-depth interviews were conducted with 32 immigrants living in southern Israel. Results indicated that internet usages by the study participants were: (1) Managing health; (2) Nurturing professional interests; (3) Maintain…
Don't patronize me: Media-Byand Media-Forminorities
The proposed paradigm aims at differentiating between two prototypes of ethnic minority media - media-for and media-by minorities - according to a series of twelve criteria clustered into three major categories. The first category comprises four criteria addressing medium initiative and design, i.e. the initiative behind the medium establishment, the nature of its ownership and the identity of its personnel and management. The second offers five …
Media Uses in Immigrant Families: Torn between 'Inward' and 'Outward' Paths of Integration
This study examines the roles of the different media — those in the host language, those in the mother tongue and those of the global media — in the lives of immigrant children and adolescents from the former Soviet Union in Israel, at a time when they are coping with complex and unique personal and social challenges as a result of the immigration process and the need to solidify a new identity. In addition, the study looks at the parents' role i…
The Red, the White and the Blue: The Russian Media in Israel
The two waves of immigration to Israel from the former Soviet Union, in the 1970s and the 1990s, have created the largest (over one million people) and most distinct cultural and linguistic ethnic community. Russian-speaking immigrants soon developed their own cultural institutions and attained significant political power. Rising communication needs led to the swift development of Russian media, including radio, television and over one hundred ne…
Russian-speaking immigrants and their media: Still together
The recent wave of immigration from the Former Soviet Union has created the largest ethno-linguistic community of over 1 million people in Israel. Rising communication needs of the newcomers led to the rapid development of Russian-language media that fulfil a dual function: preserving the immigrants' original identity and ties to the former homeland while also addressing new challenges of social and cultural integration. This article explores the…
Leave us alone!’: Representation of social work in the Russian immigrant media in Israel
This article examines the representation of social workers in the Russian-language immigrant press in Israel. Social work is a public service that did not exist in the USSR and most Russian immigrants were not familiar with it before immigration. This lack of basic knowledge underscores the importance of reliable representation of this major public service in the immigrant media. Nevertheless, the findings show that by taking the immigrants’ side…
Look at me!” Parental use of mobile phones at the playground
Research suggests that parent–child communication is rapidly changing as a result of the massive adoption of mobile devices and their penetration into interpersonal interaction within the family. Accordingly, this study aims to develop a more nuanced understanding of the impact of mobile device use on the quality of parent–child interaction in early childhood, based on ethnographic observations of 60 families at two playgrounds in the United Stat…
Screen-Assisted Parenting: The Relationship Between Toddlers' Screen Time and Parents' Use of Media as a Parenting Tool
The amount of time that children spend using various screen devices and the factors predicting it have long been the subject of empirical inquiry because of the negative outcomes associated with extensive media exposure. Most research has focused on factors such as parents' sociodemographic characteristics and their attitudes regarding media, with little attention to parents' child-rearing needs and their screen-assisted practices. This oversight…
Between Three Worlds: Host, Homeland, and Global Media in the Lives of Russian Immigrant Families in Israel and Germany
This study investigated various roles played by host, homeland, and global media in the lives of immigrant families from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, former USSR) to Israel and Germany, as well as the place of different media in family conflicts, consolidation, and parenting strategies. The study was based on focus group interviews with 60 families of Russian-speaking immigrants in Israel and Germany and 73 semistructured, in-dept…
Illusive Pluralism and Hegemonic Identity in Popular Reality Shows in Israel
The present study aims to examine the pluralistic potential of reality shows, which might allow minorities to shape the program's script and to gain recognition for their particularistic identities. For this purpose, two prime-time reality shows were chosen— The Ambassador and Seeking a Leader—broadcast in Israel in 2005. The analysis of the programs included identification and deconstruction of their metanarratives and exposure of several mechan…
Living in Germany, Longing for Israel
When I entered for the first time through the doors of the city synagogue, where the Russian cultural club Nash Dom was located, I saw a group of five people, all of them immigrants from the former
Food for Thought: Parent-Child Face-to-Face Communication and Mobile Phone Use in Eateries
It has become increasingly common for parents and children to engage in individual digital activities which disconnect them from each other while remaining in each other’s presence. Accordingly, this paper examines how parent-child face-to-face communication is associated with mobile phone use during a family meal in eateries. The study included unobtrusive observations of 58 families with children approximately three to six years of age in vario…
Crianças, jovens e media: Perspetivas Atuais
A investigação sobre crianças, jovens e media registou, nas últimas duas décadas, um avanço considerável no que diz respeito ao número de estudos produzidos, aos temas abordados e às metodologias utilizadas. Esta área, por natureza multidisciplinar, foi-se afirmando no campo das Ciências da Comunicação, marcando a agenda científica e abrindo o debate público sobre o impacto dos media na vida das crianças e dos jovens e o modo como usam, compreend…
Grandparenting with media: Patterns of mediating grandchildren’s media use
Although many grandparents are involved in caring for their grandchildren, they were completely ignored in previous research on mediation of children's media use. Informed by the Grandfather Involvement Framework and the Process Model of the Determinants of Grandparenting, the present study aims at exploring variations among grandparents in mediation patterns. The study was based on a survey of 356 grandparents of young children, who reported tak…
Britney Spears Remained in Russia: Dynamics of Musical Preferences in the Integration of Immigrant Adolescents
This study examined the roles of popular music in the lives of immigrant adolescents from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS—former Soviet Union) in Israel. Based on 70 in-depth interviews with newly arrived adolescents aged 12–18, our research revealed that these adolescents' musical preferences matched different stages of adaptation to their new country, with different music styles fulfilling different integration needs. During their f…
Gendered Occupational Differences and Earnings Gaps in Globalising Urban Economies: The Case of Tel-Aviv
The major theoretical purpose of the paper is to investigate the implications of globalising and restructuring urban economies on gender-related differences in occupational distribution and earnings within the urban context. The study uses data from national censuses (1983 and 1995) and a labour force survey of 2001, in Israel, to investigate the evolution of gender gaps in Tel-Aviv. The findings that point to the erosion of advantages in the glo…
The Red, the White and the Blue: The Russian Media in Israel
The two waves of immigration to Israel from the former Soviet Union, in the 1970s and the 1990s, have created the largest (over one million people) and most distinct cultural and linguistic ethnic community. Russian-speaking immigrants soon developed their own cultural institutions and attained significant political power. Rising communication needs led to the swift development of Russian media, including radio, television and over one hundred ne…
Living in Germany, Longing for Israel
When I entered for the first time through the doors of the city synagogue, where the Russian cultural club Nash Dom was located, I saw a group of five people, all of them immigrants from the former
Media Uses in Immigrant Families: Torn between 'Inward' and 'Outward' Paths of Integration
This study examines the roles of the different media — those in the host language, those in the mother tongue and those of the global media — in the lives of immigrant children and adolescents from the former Soviet Union in Israel, at a time when they are coping with complex and unique personal and social challenges as a result of the immigration process and the need to solidify a new identity. In addition, the study looks at the parents' role i…
Gendered Occupational Differences and Earnings Gaps in Globalising Urban Economies: The Case of Tel-Aviv
The major theoretical purpose of the paper is to investigate the implications of globalising and restructuring urban economies on gender-related differences in occupational distribution and earnings within the urban context. The study uses data from national censuses (1983 and 1995) and a labour force survey of 2001, in Israel, to investigate the evolution of gender gaps in Tel-Aviv. The findings that point to the erosion of advantages in the glo…
Coming Home: Media and Returning Diaspora in Israel and Germany
Examines the social and cultural integration of Russian-speaking Jews and Germans who immigrated to their respective historic homelands. Coming Home provides an extraordinary glimpse into the social and cultural integration of a unique category of immigrants—the returning Diaspora. During the 1990s Russian-speaking Jews and Germans returned to their respective historic homelands. Nelly Elias explores the social and cultural adaptation of these tw…
Illusive Pluralism and Hegemonic Identity in Popular Reality Shows in Israel
The present study aims to examine the pluralistic potential of reality shows, which might allow minorities to shape the program's script and to gain recognition for their particularistic identities. For this purpose, two prime-time reality shows were chosen— The Ambassador and Seeking a Leader—broadcast in Israel in 2005. The analysis of the programs included identification and deconstruction of their metanarratives and exposure of several mechan…
Spinning the web of identity: The roles of the internet in the lives of immigrant adolescents
This article illuminates the roles of the internet in the unique intersection between adolescence and immigration. The data presented were gathered through in-depth interviews with 70 teenage immigrants from the former Soviet Union to Israel. The analysis suggests that the internet provides valuable resources for personal growth and empowerment, as it helps to develop and strengthen many aspects of young immigrants' evolving identity during a cri…
People of the Book: Book reading by FSU immigrant adolescents in Israel
This article sheds light on the "forgotten" medium in the lives of immigrant adolescents, books, by focusing on the youth from the Former Soviet Union, who have immigrated to Israel since 2000. Book reading patterns found in the study reflect the immigrant adolescents' need to express, comprehend, and legitimize their feelings of sadness, loneliness, and helplessness caused by immigration. The research points, therefore, to the therapeutic functi…
Russian-speaking immigrants and their media: Still together
The recent wave of immigration from the Former Soviet Union has created the largest ethno-linguistic community of over 1 million people in Israel. Rising communication needs of the newcomers led to the rapid development of Russian-language media that fulfil a dual function: preserving the immigrants' original identity and ties to the former homeland while also addressing new challenges of social and cultural integration. This article explores the…
Without it I am nothing’: The internet in the lives of older immigrants
This article aims to explore how using the internet may facilitate coping with the challenges of immigration in later life, based on the case of older Jewish immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel. For that purpose, in-depth interviews were conducted with 32 immigrants living in southern Israel. Results indicated that internet usages by the study participants were: (1) Managing health; (2) Nurturing professional interests; (3) Maintain…
Cultural Encoding and Fake Equality in Popular Reality Shows: Lessons from Israel
This paper critically examines the representation of two major minorities in Israel, Arab citizens of Israel and Jewish immigrants, by focusing on the widely popular genre of reality shows. We demonstrate that this genre contains sophisticated mechanisms of differentiation and selection that inevitably exclude and stigmatise minority participants. To demonstrate this thesis the paper takes a close look at two Israeli reality shows that were conce…
Britney Spears Remained in Russia: Dynamics of Musical Preferences in the Integration of Immigrant Adolescents
This study examined the roles of popular music in the lives of immigrant adolescents from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS—former Soviet Union) in Israel. Based on 70 in-depth interviews with newly arrived adolescents aged 12–18, our research revealed that these adolescents' musical preferences matched different stages of adaptation to their new country, with different music styles fulfilling different integration needs. During their f…
Between Three Worlds: Host, Homeland, and Global Media in the Lives of Russian Immigrant Families in Israel and Germany
This study investigated various roles played by host, homeland, and global media in the lives of immigrant families from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, former USSR) to Israel and Germany, as well as the place of different media in family conflicts, consolidation, and parenting strategies. The study was based on focus group interviews with 60 families of Russian-speaking immigrants in Israel and Germany and 73 semistructured, in-dept…
Don't patronize me: Media-Byand Media-Forminorities
The proposed paradigm aims at differentiating between two prototypes of ethnic minority media - media-for and media-by minorities - according to a series of twelve criteria clustered into three major categories. The first category comprises four criteria addressing medium initiative and design, i.e. the initiative behind the medium establishment, the nature of its ownership and the identity of its personnel and management. The second offers five …
Leave us alone!’: Representation of social work in the Russian immigrant media in Israel
This article examines the representation of social workers in the Russian-language immigrant press in Israel. Social work is a public service that did not exist in the USSR and most Russian immigrants were not familiar with it before immigration. This lack of basic knowledge underscores the importance of reliable representation of this major public service in the immigrant media. Nevertheless, the findings show that by taking the immigrants’ side…
YouTube viewers in diapers: An exploration of factors associated with amount of toddlers’ online viewing
Recent studies show that television is no longer the primary choice for screen viewing among very young children, having been surpassed by online viewing platforms, among which YouTube is dominant. YouTube’s simple user interface, that allows even toddlers to proceed to the next item on the playlist and affords them easy access to their favorite videos, has been suggested as the key to its popularity with very young audiences. On the other hand, …
The ultimate treat? Young Israeli children’s media use under their grandparents’ care
A substantial effort was made over the years to reveal predictors of children’s screen time in an attempt to suggest effective ways to minimize its negative effects. Studies were mostly based on parents’ reports and ignored other major caregivers, particularly grandparents. Accordingly, this study offers a pioneer exploration of young children’s interactive and non-interactive media use under their grandparent’s care and the factors associated wi…
Look at me!” Parental use of mobile phones at the playground
Research suggests that parent–child communication is rapidly changing as a result of the massive adoption of mobile devices and their penetration into interpersonal interaction within the family. Accordingly, this study aims to develop a more nuanced understanding of the impact of mobile device use on the quality of parent–child interaction in early childhood, based on ethnographic observations of 60 families at two playgrounds in the United Stat…
Grandparenting with media: Patterns of mediating grandchildren’s media use
Although many grandparents are involved in caring for their grandchildren, they were completely ignored in previous research on mediation of children's media use. Informed by the Grandfather Involvement Framework and the Process Model of the Determinants of Grandparenting, the present study aims at exploring variations among grandparents in mediation patterns. The study was based on a survey of 356 grandparents of young children, who reported tak…
Screen-Assisted Parenting: The Relationship Between Toddlers' Screen Time and Parents' Use of Media as a Parenting Tool
The amount of time that children spend using various screen devices and the factors predicting it have long been the subject of empirical inquiry because of the negative outcomes associated with extensive media exposure. Most research has focused on factors such as parents' sociodemographic characteristics and their attitudes regarding media, with little attention to parents' child-rearing needs and their screen-assisted practices. This oversight…
“We’ve got to get rid of her”: Representation of older adults on the preschool television show Grandpa in My Pocket
Studies of television programs and films targeting children at elementary school age systematically reveal a vast spectrum of sexist and ageist stereotypes regarding older women and men, presenting children with distorted sociocultural perceptions that perpetuate the social marginalization and devaluation of older adults. Little is known, however, regarding prevailing stereotypes associated with older women and men in television programs targetin…
Factors Explaining Grandparental Mediation of Children’s Media Use in Two National Contexts
This study aimed at revealing the factors determining grandparental mediation of their grandchildren’s screen viewing and interactive media use, based on online surveys conducted among 291 American and 356 Israeli grandparents who reported taking care of 2-to-7 years old grandchildren at least once a week. Past mediation, familiarity with children’s media, parental instructions and joint leisure activities were positively associated with mediatio…
Crianças, jovens e media: Perspetivas Atuais
A investigação sobre crianças, jovens e media registou, nas últimas duas décadas, um avanço considerável no que diz respeito ao número de estudos produzidos, aos temas abordados e às metodologias utilizadas. Esta área, por natureza multidisciplinar, foi-se afirmando no campo das Ciências da Comunicação, marcando a agenda científica e abrindo o debate público sobre o impacto dos media na vida das crianças e dos jovens e o modo como usam, compreend…
“Where are you?” An observational exploration of parental technoference in public places in the US and Israel
Recent studies point to the heavy rate of smartphone use by parents while they are accompanied by their children in public places This, in turn, leads to parental technoference, which raises concerns regarding children’s safety and their emotional wellbeing. Accordingly, the present study aims to ascertain the cross-cultural manifestations of parental technoference due to mobile phone use in playgrounds and eateries in two different national cont…
Food for Thought: Parent-Child Face-to-Face Communication and Mobile Phone Use in Eateries
It has become increasingly common for parents and children to engage in individual digital activities which disconnect them from each other while remaining in each other’s presence. Accordingly, this paper examines how parent-child face-to-face communication is associated with mobile phone use during a family meal in eateries. The study included unobtrusive observations of 58 families with children approximately three to six years of age in vario…
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