EDITORS' INTRODUCTION

With this the third issue of 2007, we complete the first volume of Journal of Children and Media (JOCAM). This has been an exciting and productive year: Over 50 submissions were received, over 90 reviewers from 20 countries participated in the review process, and we enjoyed a vibrant meeting during JOCAM's official launch at the International Communication Association Annual meeting in San Francisco in May 2007—celebrating the creation of this new shared space for the community of scholars and professionals concerned with children and media around the world.

Browsing over this year's 300 pages of stimulating scholarship published in JOCAM, we find work coming from different countries around the world: Bangladesh, India, Israel, Norway, South Africa, The Netherlands, UK, and USA. We related to topics ranging from: girls' studies, youth radio, parental monitoring and mediation, harm and effects, new technologies, television images, gaming, and more. The range of methodologies represented in this volume is impressive as well: ethnography, experimental design, survey, content analysis, critical feminist analysis, interviews. Our joint work has produced a truly varied shared space and unique intellectual forum for ideas and research findings. This is a strong start—and it raises our expectations for the upcoming second volume!

These achievements could not have been possible without the assistance of our publisher's team at Routledge offices in the UK: Jane Thurgood, Katherine Burton, Shelley Allen, Gemma Roche, Rebecca Vickerstaff, and Mel Cunningham. But most importantly, we are indebted to all of you, members of our scholarly community, who submitted articles and those who read the journal; to members of the Editorial Board who provide constant support and ideas; to those of you who regularly engage in intellectual exchange with us; and last but not least, to the many scholars from around the world who put a lot of effort in offering constructive reviews to all submitters to JOCAM. We are deeply grateful to the following reviewers:

Aidman, Amy	University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, USA
Alexander, Alison	University of Georgia, USA
Anderson, Craig	Iowa State University, USA
Anderson, Daniel	University of Massachusetts, USA
Asamen, Joy	Pepperdine University, USA
Aufenanger, Stephen	University of Mainz, Germany
Austin, Erica	Washington State University, USA
Bartholow, Bruce	University of Missouri, USA
Blondheim, Menachem	Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Borzowski, Dina	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Botta, Renee	University of Denver, USA
Bryant, Alison	Nickelodeon, USA
Buckingham, David	University of London, UK
Buijzen, Moniek	University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Byrley, Carolyn	Howard University, USA
Cantor, Joanne	University of Wisconsin‐Madison, USA
Carnagey, Nicholas L.	Wake Forest University, USA
Chan, Kara	Hong Kong Baptist University, HK
Cohen, Akiba A.	Tel Aviv University, Israel
Cohen, Jonathan	University of Haifa, Israel
Douglas, William	University of Huston, USA
Dresner, Eli	Tel Aviv University, Israel
Durham, Meenakshi Gigi	University of Iowa, USA
Edmonds, Christina	University of Maryland, USA
Ennemoser, Marco	Justus‐Liebig‐University of Gießen, Germany
Eyal, Keren	University of Arizona, USA
Fedorov, Alexander	Taganrog State Pedagogical Institute, Russia
Fernette, Micheline	Universite de Montreal, Canada
Fisch, Shalom	MediaKidz Research & Consulting, USA
Fisherkeller, JoEllen	New York University, USA
Funk, Jeanne B.	University of Toledo, USA
Furnham, Adrian	University College London, UK
Gentile, Douglas	Iowa State University, USA
Ginossar, Tamar	University of New Mexico, USA
Glantz, Stanton	University of California San Francisco, USA
Götz, Maya	IZI, Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation, Germany
Greenberg, Bradely	Michigan State University, USA
Guttman, Nurit	Tel Aviv University, Israel
Hanes, Rebecca	Salem State College, USA
Hartmann, Tilo	University of Erfurt, Germany
Hemelyrk Donald, Stephanie	University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Henderson, Jennifer	Trinity University, USA
Hobbs, Renee	Temple University, USA
Hoffner, Cynthia	Georgia State University, USA
Horst, Heather	University of California Berkeley, USA
Ilouz, Eva	Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Jordan, Amy	University of Pennsylvania, USA
Karniel, Yuval	College of Management, Israel
Katriel, Tamar	University of Haifa, Israel
Klimt, Christoph	Hanover University of Music and Drama, Germany
Kunkel, Dale	University of Arizona, USA
Lee, Christina	University of Auckland, New Zealand
Lee‐Kim, Jennie	University of Maryland, USA
Lemish, Peter	Sapir College, Israel
Linebarger, Deborah	University of Pennsylvania, USA
Ling, Rich	University of Michigan, USA and Telenor, Norway
Livingstone, Sonia	London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Love, Steve	Brunel University West London, UK
Mares, Louise	University of Wisconsin, USA
Mazzarella, Sharon R.	Clemson University, USA
Merskin, Debra	University of Oregon, USA
Mesch, Gustavo	University of Haifa, Israel
Messenger Davies, Máire	University of Ulster at Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Morgan, Michael	University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Nathanson, Amy	Ohio State University, USA
Newman, Susan	University of Michigan, USA
Nikken, Peter	The Youth Institute in Utrecht, The Netherlands
Orgad, Shani	London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Park, Woong Ki	Soongsil University, South Korea
Pasquier, Dominique	The School for Higher Studies in Social Sciences, France
Pecora, Norma	Ohio University, USA
Pederson, Linda	Office on Smoking and Health Atlanta, USA
Potter, Jim	University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Prinsloo, Jeanne	Rhodes University, South Africa
Quin, Robyn	Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Rautianien, Pirjo	University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Ribak, Rivka	University of Haifa, Israel
Rich, Michael	Children's Hospital Boston, USA
Roe, Keith	Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Schejter, Amit	Pennsylvania State University, USA
Seiter, Ellen	University of Southern California, USA
Shinar, Dov	Netanya Academic College, Israel
Smith, Stacy	University of Southern California, USA
Strasburger, Victor C.	University of New Mexico, USA
Story, Mary	University of Minnesota, USA
Sunderj, Victor	Holy Cross College Tamil Nadu, India
Tidhar, Chava E.	Midot Research & Consulting, Israel
Turow, Joseph	University of Pennsylvania, USA
Valkenburg, Patti	University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Vandewater, Elizabeth	University of Texas, USA
Van Leeuwen, Theo	University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Von Feilitzen, Cecilia	Södertörn Univeristy College, Sweden
Walma van der Molen, Juliette	University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Warren, Ron	University of Arkansas, USA
Wilson, Barbara J.	University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, USA
Wood, Richard	Nottingham Trent University, UK