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 use. Urgent 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.