Publications

Stern, S., & Moran, K. (2024). Teens and digital media: How do we move toward productive public discourse? (Commentary). Journal of Children and Media, 18(1), 1-7.

Stern, S., Zakaria, S., Prather, C., Gonzalez, J., Lucky, C., & Turner, L. (2021). Youth homelessness in San Diego: Understanding obstacles to service useUrgent Challenges Collective, University of San Diego.  

Stern, S. & Gonzalez, O. (2018).  How are teens’ digital experiences integrated into their everyday lives?  In S. Mazzarella and N. Bryant (Eds), 20 Questions about Youth & The Media (2nd Edition).  NY: Peter Lang.

Stern, S. & Burke Odland, S. (2017).  Constructing dysfunction: News coverage of teenagers and social media.  Mass Communication & Society, 20(4), 505-525. 

Stern, S. (2015).  Regretted online self-presentations: U.S. college students’ recollections and reflections. Journal of Children and Media, 9(2). 248-265.

Stern, S. (2014). Teen Sexting: An Updated Look.  Your Teen for Parents, 6, 24. 

Stern, S. & Morr, L. (2013).  Portrayals of teen smoking, drinking and drug use in recent popular movies.  Journal of Health Communication,18(2), 179-191.  

Stern, S. (2012). Encountering Distressing Information in Online Research: A Consideration of Legal and Ethical Responsibilities. In J. Hughes (Ed.), SAGE Internet Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Reprinted from New Media & Society, 5(2003), 249-266.

An, Soontae & Stern, S. (2011).  Mitigating the effects of advergames on children: Do advertising breaks work? Journal of Advertising, 40, 43-56

Brown, J.D., Keller, S., & Stern, S (2009).  Sex, sexuality, sexting, and sex-ed: Adolescents & the media. Prevention Researcher, 16(4), 3-6.

Stern, S. (2008). Producing sites, exploring identities: Youth online authorship.  In D. Buckingham (Ed.)  Youth, Identity, and Digital Media, pp. 95-118. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning.  Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.  

Stern, S. & Brown, J.D. (2008).  From twin beds to sex at your fingertips: Teen sexuality in movies, music, television and the Internet (1950-2005). In D. Romer and P. Jamieson (Eds.) The Changing Portrayal of Youth in the Media and Why it Matters, pp.313-346. Oxford University Press.

Stern, S. (2008). How do various notions of privacy influence decisions in qualitative internet research?  In. A. Markham & N. Baym (Eds.) Internet Inquiry: Dialogue Among Researchers, pp. 94-98.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 

Stern, S. (2008). Girls as Internet producers and consumers: The need to place girls’ studies in the public eye (Review & Commentary). Journal of Children and Media, 2(1), 85-86.

Stern, S. & Willis, T. (2007).  What are teenagers up to online?  In S. Mazzarella (Ed.), Kidstuff: 20 questions about youth and the media, pp. 211-224. New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Stern, S. (2007, reprint).  Adolescent girls’ expression on WWW home pages: A qualitative analysis.  In S. Weber & S. Dixon (Eds.) Growing Up Online: Young People and Digital Technologies, pp. 161-182.  New York: Palgrave/St. Martins. 

Mastro, D. & Stern, S.  (2006).  Race and gender in advertising: A look at sexualized images in prime-time commercials. In T. Reichert & J. Lambiase (Eds.), Sex in Advertising: Content, Representations, and Campaigns (pp. 281-300). Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., Hillsdale: NJ.

Stern, S. (2006).  The role movies play in alcohol consumption by youths.  International Psychiatry, 3(2), 34-35.

Stern, S. (2006).  Substance use in movies. In J. Arnett (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media. Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage Publications.

Stern, S.  (2005).  Messages from teens on the big screen:  Smoking, drinking, and drug use in teen-centered films.  Journal of Health Communication, 10, 331-346.

Stern, S. (2005).  Self-absorbed, dangerous, and disengaged: What popular films tell us about teenagers.  Mass Communication & Society, 8, 23-38.

Stern, S. (2005).  Growing up online.  Telemedium: The Journal of Media Literacy, 52(1/2), 55-58.

Stern, S. (2004).  Expressions of identity online: Prominent features and gender differences in adolescents’ WWW home pages.  Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 48, 218-243. 

Stern, S. & Mastro, D. (2004). Gender portrayals across the lifespan: A content analytic look at broadcast commercials.  Mass Communication & Society ,7, 215-236. 

Stern, S. (2004). Studying youth online: A consideration of ethical issues.  In E. A. Buchanan (Ed.) Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and Controversies (pp. 274-287).  Hershey, PA: Idea Group, Inc.

Stern, S. (2004).  All I really needed to know (about beauty) I learned by kindergarten: A cultivation analysis.  In R. Lind (Ed.), Race/Gender/Media: Considering Diversity Across Audiences, Content and Producers (pp.22-29).  Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon/Longman.

Mastro, D. & Stern, S. (2003). Representations of race in TV commercials: A content analysis of primetime ads. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 47, 638-647.

Stern, S. (2003).  Encountering distressing information in online research: A consideration of legal and ethical responsibilities.  New Media and Society, 5, 249-266.

Stern, S. (2003).  Private and personal sites on the Internet.  Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Volume 2 (pp.575-581).  San Diego, CA:  Academic Press.

Brown, J.D. & Stern, S.R.  (2002). Sex and the media. In Jorge Reina Schement (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Communication and Information (pp.923-929). NY: Macmillan Reference.

Stern, S.  (2002). Virtually speaking: Girls’ self-disclosure on the WWW.  Women’s Studies in Communication, 25, 223-253.

Brown, J.D. & Stern, S.  (2002).  Mass media and female adolescents’ sexuality.  In G. Wingood & R. DiClimente (Eds.), Handbook of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health (pp. 93-112)NY:  Plenum Publishing.

Stern, S.  (2002).  Sexual selves on the World Wide Web: Adolescent girls’ homepages as sites for sexual self-expression.  In J. Brown, J. Steele, & K. Walsh-Childers (Eds.) Sexual Teens/Sexual Media: Investigating Media’s Influence on Adolescent Sexuality (pp. 265-286).  NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.  

Stern, S.R. (2000, pre-print).  Adolescent girls’ homepages as sites for sexual self-expression.  SIECUS Report, 28(5), 6-15.  NY:  Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States.

Stern, S. (1999).  Adolescent girls’ expression on WWW home pages: A qualitative analysis.  Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 5(4), 22-41.