More Research

Refereed Articles:

Jennings, N. A., Rosaen, S., Banjo, O., & McCoy, V. (2022). Honesty, Morality, and Parasocial Relationships in Children’s Media, Journal of Children and Media, 16(4), 575-586. https://doi-org.uc.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/17482798.2022.2079695

Jennings, N. A., & Caplovitz, A. G. (2022). Media use and coping in tweens during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31(6), 1511-1521. https://doi-org.uc.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02252-x

Jennings, N. A., & Caplovitz, A. G. (2021). Parenting and Tweens’ Media Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Psychology of Popular Media, 11(3), 311-315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000376

Moses, A. M., Jennings, N. A., Bennett, C. M., Cregan, G. E., Maras, E. Q., & Saritoprak, S. N. (2019). Time, Access, Context and Beliefs: A Survey of Electronic Media in Early Childhood Settings. Computers in the Schools, 36(4), 274-292. https://doi-org.uc.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/07380569.2019.1675033

Jennings, N. A. (2017). Media and Families: Looking Ahead. Journal of Family Communication, 17(3), 203-207. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2017.1322972

Banjo, O., & Jennings, N. (2016). Content Analysis of the Portrayal of White Characters in Black Films Across Two Decades. Mass Communication and Society 20(2), 281-309.

Jennings, N. A., Hooker, S. D., & Linebarger, D. L. (2009). Educational Television as Mediated Literacy Environments for Preschoolers, Learning, Media and Technology, 34(3), 229-242.

Jennings, N. A., & Walker, B. (2009). Experiential Mediation: Making meaningful differences with the “Other Parent”, Journal of Family Communication, 9, 3-22.

Stout, P. A., Villegas, J., & Jennings, N. (2004). Images of mental illness in the media: Identifying gaps in the research. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 30(3), 543-561. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a007099

Book Chapters and Non-Refereed Articles:

Jennings, N. (in press). Teaching children and media. In S. Keith (Ed.), Teaching Communication Volume III: Teaching journalism and media, M. Strawser & D. Sellnow (Series Eds.). Cognella.

Haas, S. M., Jennings, N., & Chang, P. F. (2023). Online Negative Enabling Support Groups (ONESG) Theory: Understanding online extreme community communication promoting negative health behaviors. In L. Cariola (Ed.), Eating Disorders in Public Discourse: Exploring Media Representations and Lived Experiences. (pp. 199-221) Exeter, UK: University of Exeter Press.

Jennings, N. A. & Cook, J. (2021). Toys that Train the Tots: Fisher-Price’s Smart Toys in the Digital Age. In R. C. Hains and N. A. Jennings (Eds.), The Marketing of Children’s Toys: Critical Perspectives on Children’s Consumer Culture. (pp. 125-142). Palgrave.

Jennings, N. & Caplovitz, A. (2020). “Die Bildschirme halten uns am Leben”: US-AMERIKANISCHE KINDER MIT CHRONISCHEN KRANKHEITEN IN DER COVID-19-PANDEMIE. (English: “Screens are keeping us alive”: U.S. children and the role of media literacy in the COVID-19 pandemic) TelevIZIon, 33(2), 26-28. Available: https://www.br-online.de/jugend/izi/deutsch/publikation/televizion/33_2020_2/Jennings_Caplovitz-Die_Bildschirme_halten_uns_am_Leben.pdf

Jennings, N. A. (2020). Family Practices and Digital Technology. In L. A. Lievrouw and B. D. Loader (Eds.), The Handbook of Digital Media and Communication (pp. 154-165). New York: Routledge.

Jennings, N. A. (2018). Why do kids think Dora the Explorer is their friend? In N. A. Jennings & S. R. Mazzarella (Eds.), 20 questions about youth and the media, 2nd Edition (pp. 125-135). New York: Peter Lang.

Jennings, N. A. (2017). Teen Drama and Gender in the US: Two Moms, a Transgender Teen, and One Family on The Fosters. In D. Lemish & M. Götz (Eds.), Beyond the Stereotypes? Images of Boys and Girls, and their Consequences (pp. 43-51). Göteborg: Nordicom.

Jennings, N. A. (2017). One Choice, Many Petals: Reading the Female Voice of Tris in the Divergent series. In T. Classen & H. Hassel (Eds.), Gender(ed) Identities: Critical Rereadings of Gender in Children’s and Young Adult Literature (pp. 102-116). New York: Routledge.

Jennings, N. & Wartella, E. (2013). Technology and the family. In A. Vangelisti (Ed.), The handbook of family communication, 2nd Edition (pp. 448-462) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Jennings, N., & Wartella, E. (2012). Hazards and possibilities of commercial media in the schools. In D.G. Singer & J.L. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of children and the media, 2nd Edition. (pp. 553-66). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Jennings, N. (2007). Advertising, Viewer age and. In J. J. Arnett (Ed.) Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media, (pp. 55-56). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Jennings, N. (2007). Advertising, Deceptive practices in. In J. J. Arnett (Ed.) Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media, (pp. 21-23). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Jennings, N. (2007). Advertising and consumer development: In the driver’s seat or being taken for a ride? In S. R. Mazzarella (Ed.), 20 questions about youth and the media, (pp. 103-116). New York: Peter Lang.

Jennings, N. A., & Wartella, E.A. (2007). Advertising and consumer development. In N. Pecora, J. P. Murray, and E. A. Wartella (Eds.), Children and television: 50 Years of research, (pp. 149-182). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Jennings, N. & Wartella, E. (2004). Technology and the family. In A. Vangelisti (Ed.), The handbook of family communication, (pp. 593-608). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Jennings, N. (2002). Advertising, branding, and consuming – The ABC’s of marketing in American schools. In F. Hansen, J. Rasmussen, A. Martensen, & L.B. Christensen (Eds.), Children – Consumption, advertising, and media, (pp. 283-298). Denmark: Samfundslitteratur.

Wartella, E., & Jennings, N. (2001). Hazards and possibilities of commercial TV in the schools. In D.G. Singer & J.L. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of children and the media, (pp. 557-570). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Wartella, E., Olivarez, A., & Jennings, N. (1998). Children and television violence in the United States. In U. Carlsson & C. von Feilitzen (Eds.), Children and media violence, (pp. 55-62). Kungälv, Sweden: Livréna Grafiska AB.

Reprinted as Wartella,E., Olivarez, A., & Jennings, N. (2002). In D. McQuail (Ed.), McQuail’s reader in mass communication theory, (pp. 398-405). London: Sage Publications Ltd.