OUR CONSORTIUM’S HISTORY
the CAFE Consortium
The CAFE Consortium is a composed of a group of researchers dedicated to utilizing a dynamic approach in the study of a child’s family media ecology. Based upon the DREAMER model (Barr et al., 2024) our measure toolkit is shaped to best capture multiple facets of media exposure for children starting in infancy.
If you are interested in learning more about the consortium, using our measures, or becoming an affiliate we urge you to contact us and participate in furthering the field of child development and media science. We look forward to further collaborations!
Our 30+ Affiliates
To use the map, click on each point to view where each CAFE Affiliate is. To view the category breakdowns, click the square with the arrow in the upper left corner. To search CAFE Affiliates, click the square in the upper right corner to open the larger map, then click the magnifying glass in the upper left corner to search.
Interested in Joining as an Affiliate?
The goal of the consortium is to share resources and further dynamic scholarship of family media practices. We welcome those who wish to join as an affiliate member of the consortium.
Published Findings
Sundqvist, Koch, & Barr (accepted). Beyond Words and Time: Investigating the Association between Screen Use, Vocabulary and Grammar Development in Five-Year-Olds. Journal of Cognition and Development
Paoletti, M., Focaroli, V., Pecora, G., Barr, R., Chiarotti, F., Caravale, B., Gasparini, C., Sacco, G., Gastaldi, S., Addessi, E., & Bellagamba, F. (2025). Maternal media use and infant media exposure are associated with developmental outcomes at 4 and 8 months. Parenting and Practice, 25 (1), 66–101.
Koch, F. S., Barr, R., & Sundqvist, A. (2024). The Joint Media Engagement Scale (JMES): An instrument for measuring shared media use with children aged 1 to 5 years old. The British journal of developmental psychology, 10.1111/bjdp.12526. Advance online publication.
Coyne, S., Shawcroft, J., Holmgren, H. G., Christensen-Duerden, C., Ashby, S., Rogers, A., Reschke, P., Barr, R., Domoff, S., Van Alfen, M., Meldrum, M. & Porter, C. (2024). The Growth of Problematic Media Use Over Early Childhood: Associations with Long- Term Social and Emotional Outcomes. Computers in human behavior, 159, 108350.
Koch, F.-S., Sundqvist, A., Birberg Thornberg, U., Barr, R., & Heimann, M. (2024). Toddler’s memory and media—Picture book reading and watching video content are associated with memory at 2 years of age. Infancy, 29(5), 729–749.
Suh, B., Kirkorian, H., Barr, R., Kucker, S., Torres, C., & Radesky, J. (2024). Measuring Parents’ Regulatory Media Use for Themselves and Their Children. Frontiers, in Development.
Brauchli, V. Edelsbrunner, P. A., Paz Castro, R., Barr, R., von Wyl, A., Lannen, P., & Sticca, F. (2024). Screen time vs. scream time: Developmental interrelations between young children’s screen time, negative affect, and effortful control. Computers in Human Behavior.
Kucker, S., Perry, L. & Barr, R. (2024). Variability and patterns in infant media use and links with language development. Acta Pediactrica.
Sundqvist, A., Barr, R., Heimann M., Birberg Thornberg, U. & Koch, F. (2023). A longitudinal study of the effect of screen media on vocabulary development. Acta Pediatrica
Hermesch, N., Konrad, C., Barr, R, Herbert, J. S., & Seehagen, S. (2023). Sleep-dependent memory consolidation of televised content in infants, Journal of Sleep Research.
Coyne, S., Gale, M., Ashby, S., Memmott-Elison, M. K., Holmgren, H. G., Barr, R., Christensen-Duerden, C., & Brown, S. (2023). Media in the moment: An observational assessment of the digital media context in early childhood. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 9(3), 186–198.
Swit, C. S., Coyne, S. M., Shawcroft, J., Gath, M., Barr, R., Holmgren, H. G., & Stockdale, L. (2023). Problematic media use in early childhood: The role of parent-child relationships and parental wellbeing in families in New Zealand and the United States. Journal of Children and Media, 1–24.
Coyne, S. M., Rogers, A., Holmgren, H. G., Booth, M. A., Van Alfen, M., Harris, H., Barr, R., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Sheppard, J. A., Shawcroft, J., & Ober, M. (2023). Masters of media: A longitudinal study of parental media efficacy, media monitoring, and child problematic media use across early childhood in the United States. Journal of Children and Media, 17(3), 318–335.
Gueron-Sela, N., Shalev, I., Gordon-Hacker, A. Egutobov, A. & Barr, R. (2023). Screen Media Exposure and Behavioral Adjustment in Early Childhood During and After COVID-19 Home Lockdown Periods. Computers in Human Behavior, 140, 107572.
Fitzpatrick, C, Binet, M.A, Harvey, E., Radesky, J., Barr, R., & Garon-Carrier, G. (2023). Preschooler screen time and temperamental anger/frustration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatric Research
Sundqvist, A., Koch, F., Birberg Thornberg, U., Barr, R., & Heimann, M., (2021). Growing Up in a Digital World – Digital media and the association with the child’s language development at two years of age. Frontiers, 12, 443.
Coyne, S. M., Rogers, A., Shawcroft, J., Reschke, P., Barr, R., Davis, E. J., Holmgren, H. G., & Domoff, S. (2022). Meltdowns and media: Moment-to-moment fluctuations in young children’s media use transitions and the role of children’s mood states. Computers in Human Behavior, 136, 107360.
Willis, E., Hales, D., Smith, F., Burney, R., El-Zaatari, H., Rzepka, M., Amft, O., Barr, R., Evenson, K., Kosorok, M. & Ward, D. (2022). Feasbility and acceptibility of wearable sensor placement for measuring screen time of children, Translational Journal of the ACSM, 7(4).
Heimann M, Bus A and Barr R (2021). Editorial: Growing Up in a Digital World – Social and Cognitive Implications. Front. Psychol. 12:745788.
Konrad, C., Hillmann, M., Rispler, J., Niehaus, L., Neuhoff, L. & Barr, R. (2021). Quality of Mother-Child Interaction Before, During, and After Smartphone Use. Frontiers in Psychology, 12.
Bellagamba, F., Presaghi, F., Di Marco, M., D’Abundo, E., Blanchfield, O. & Barr, R. (2021). How Infant and Toddlers’ Media Use Is Related to Sleeping Habits in Everyday Life in Italy, Frontiers in Psychology, 12.
Konrad, C., Berger-Hanke, M., Hassel, G., Barr, R. (2021). Does texting interrupt imitation learning in 19-month-old infants? Infant Behavior and Development, 62.
Barr, R., Kirkorian, H., Radesky, J., et al. (2020). Beyond Screen Time: A Synergistic Approach to a More Comprehensive Assessment of Family Media Exposure During Early Childhood. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1283.
Nyberg, S., Rudner, M., Birberg Thornberg, U., Koch, F.S., Barr, R., Heimann, M., Sundqvist, A. (2020). The Natural Language Environment of 9-Month-Old Infants in Sweden and Concurrent Association with Early Language Development. Frontiers in Psychology, 11.
Radesky, J.S., Weeks, H.M., Ball, R., et al. (2020). Young Children’s Use of Smartphones and Tablets. Pediatrics, 146(1).