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Jackie Marsh is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on the intersections of child development and digital technology, as well as the impact of technology on adolescents. The body of work also addresses information and communication technologies (ICT) in developing communities and explores themes related to literacy, media, and education.

The scientist's scholarly output spans multiple fields within social sciences and computer science, with subfields including education, sociology and political science, information systems, and literature and literary theory. This multidisciplinary approach informs their perspectives on children's interactions with digital media and educational technologies.

Recent publications by Jackie Marsh include:

  • "Under threes' play with tablets," 2020, Journal of Early Childhood Research
  • "An ecological perspective on children's play with digital technologies in South Africa and the United Kingdom," 2023, International Journal of Play
  • "Addressing the 'Whys' of UK Children's YouTube Use: A Purposes Approach," 2023, Social Media + Society

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Fiona Scott
  • Jamal Lahmar
  • Dylan Yamada-Rice
  • Julia Bishop
  • Beth Nutbrown

Publication venues for Jackie Marsh's work reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research, with contributions to journals that focus on early childhood research, play, and social media studies, specifically:

  • Journal of Early Childhood Research
  • International Journal of Play
  • Social Media + Society

The main topics addressed in the scientist's research include:

  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • ICT in Developing Communities
  • Literacy, Media, and Education

Best Publications

  • Making Literacy Real: Theories and Practices for Learning and Teaching

    Joanne Larson;Jackie Marsh

  • young children’s play in online virtual worlds

    Jackie Marsh

  • Literacy and Popular Culture: Using Children′s Culture in the Classroom

    Jackie Marsh;Elaine Millard

  • Digital beginnings: Young children's use of popular culture, media and new technologies

    Jackie Marsh;Greg Brooks;Jane Hughes;Louise Ritchie

  • Popular Culture, New Media and Digital Literacy in Early Childhood

    Jackie Marsh

  • The Techno-Literacy Practices of Young Children

    Jackie Marsh

  • Digital play: a new classification

    Jackie Marsh;Lydia Plowman;Dylan Yamada-Rice;Julia Bishop

  • Young children’s initiation into family literacy practices in the digital age

    Jackie Marsh;Peter Hannon;Margaret Lewis;Louise Ritchie

  • Young Children's Literacy Practices in a Virtual World: Establishing an Online Interaction Order

    Jackie Marsh

  • Exploring play and creativity in pre-schoolers’ use of apps: Final project report

    Jackie Marsh;Lydia Plowman;D. Yamada-Rice;J.C. Bishop

  • One-way Traffic? Connections between Literacy Practices at Home and in the Nursery

    Jackie Marsh

  • Handbook of Early Childhood Literacy

    Nigel Hall;Joanne Larson;Jackie Marsh

  • Popular culture in the literacy curriculum: A Bourdieuan analysis

    Jackie Marsh

  • Play and creativity in young children's use of apps

    Jackie Marsh;Lydia Plowman;Dylan Yamada-Rice;Julia Bishop

  • But I want to fly too!: Girls and superhero play in the infant classroom

    Jackie Marsh

  • Teletubby Tales: Popular Culture in the Early Years Language and Literacy Curriculum

    Jackie Marsh

  • Emergent Media Literacy: Digital Animation in Early Childhood.

    Jackie Marsh

  • Establishing a research agenda for digital literacy practices of young children: a white paper for COST action IS1410

    Julian Sefton-Green;Jackie Marsh;Ola Erstad;Rosie Flewitt

  • Parental involvement in literacy development: using media texts

    Jackie Marsh;Philippa Thompson

  • Maker Literacies and Maker Citizenship in the MakEY (Makerspaces in the Early Years) Project

    Jackie Marsh;Hans Christian Arnseth;Kristiina Kumpulainen

  • Exploring play and creativity in pre-schoolers’ use of apps: A guide for parents

    Jackie Marsh;Lydia Plowman;D. Yamada-Rice;J.C. Bishop

Frequent Co-Authors

Lydia Plowman
Lydia Plowman University of Edinburgh
Sonia Livingstone
Sonia Livingstone London School of Economics and Political Science
Anne Haas Dyson
Anne Haas Dyson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Klaus Wölfling
Klaus Wölfling Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Sandra C. Thompson
Sandra C. Thompson University of Cambridge
Angel M. Y. Lin
Angel M. Y. Lin Simon Fraser University
Barbara Comber
Barbara Comber University of South Australia

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