Foreword Maire Messenger Davies -- Creating a shared scholarly arena: Editor' Introduction Dafna Lemish -- Part 1: Childhoods and Constructions Editor' s Introduction -- 1. The co-construction of media and childhood Kirsten Drotner 2. Representations of childhood in the media Debbie Olson and Giselle Rampaul 3. Trends in children' s consumption of media Uwe Hasebrink and Ingrid Paus-Hasebrink 4. Examining the assumptions in research on children and media Mariana Krcmar 5. Ecological approaches to the study of media and children Elizabeth Vandewater 6. Constructing children as consumers David Buckingham 7. Critical studies: Practice not discipline Karen Orr Vered 8. Feminist theories approaches to the study of children and media Dafna Lemish 9. Media culture and childhood in the age of globalization Radhika Parameswaran Part 2: Channels and Convergence Editor' s Introduction -- 1. Children' s print cult: Tradition and innovation Carol L. Tilley 2. Children' s film culture Stephanie.