Ellen Wartella

Northwestern University — United States

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Child Development and Digital Technology(116), Impact of Technology on Adolescents(48), Social Media and Politics(33), Literacy, Media, and Education(25), Gender and Technology in Education(24)

Publications274 total

Introduction to the Section on Media Policy
2024Open Access
Community-powered change in the Omaha metropolitan area: Examining a digital approach to mental health stigma reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Communication Review·2024
Television, computers, and media viewing (children and adolescents)
Elsevier eBooks·2022· 1 cited
Social media use in the context of the Personal Social Media Ecosystem Framework
Journal of Communication·2022· 21 cited
Interventions: Feminist theory and communication studies
2022· 21 cited
U.S. adolescents’ attitudes toward school, social connection, media use, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Differences as a function of gender identity and school context
PLoS ONE·2022· 23 citedOpen Access
Young children's social and independent behavior during play with a coding app: Digital game features matter in a 1:1 child to tablet setting
Computers & Education·2022· 15 cited
Preschool teachers’ perspectives on (haptic) technology in the classroom
Frontiers in Education·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Mental Health Stigma Reduction in the Midwestern United States: Evidence from a Digital Campaign Using a Collective Impact Model
Journal of Community Health·2022· 14 citedOpen Access
A Collaboration Between Health Care and Esports to Impact Youth Mental Health and Wellness: Evaluating the Presence of Mind Initiative
NEJM Catalyst·2022· 2 cited
Impact of Exposure to a Counter-Stereotypical STEM Television Program on Children’s Gender- and Race-Based STEM Occupational Schema
Sustainability·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Growing and Glowing: A Digital Media Campaign to Increase Access to Pregnancy-Related Health Information for Black Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Health Promotion Practice·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
Determining Quality in Children's Media
2022· 1 cited
Children’s Spatial Play With a Block Building Touchscreen Application
Frontiers in Education·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
The role of different characters on story-consistent attitudes and self-reported mental health-related behavior change among viewers of 13 Reasons Why.
Psychology of Popular Media·2022· 2 cited
The power of parent attitudes: Examination of parent attitudes toward traditional and emerging technology
Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies·2021· 29 cited
Parent viewership of <i>13 reasons why</i> and parental perceived knowledge about adolescent life: implications for parental efficacy among parents from the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Australia/New Zealand
Journal of Children and Media·2021· 2 cited
Privacy-protective behaviors in the mediatized domestic milieu: parents and the intra- and extra-systemic governance of children’s digital traces
BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca)·2021· 7 citedOpen Access
“Maybe we do more Science than I had Initially Thought”: How Parental Efficacy Affects Preschool-Aged Children’s Science and Math Activities and Media Use
Early Childhood Education Journal·2021· 9 cited
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
Frontiers in Human Dynamics·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Alexis R. Lauricella(14), Courtney K. Blackwell(7), Victoria Rideout(4), Elizabeth A. Vandewater(4), Lawrence Grossberg(4), Rebekah A. Richert(4), Leanne Beaudoin‐Ryan(3), Scott Ward(3), Daniel B. Wackman(3), Sarah Rosenberg(3), Jaclyn Goldbarg(3), Joe Smyser(3), Michael B. Robb(3), Edward Donnerstein(2), Sandra L. Calvert(2), Xuan Huang(2), June H. Lee(2), Michael Robb(2), Fashina Aladé(2), Erika Bonnevie(2)