Study Findings

Study Findings

Commentaries:

Beauvais, M., Grimes, S.M., Jayemanne, D., Giddings, S. (2022). Children’s Privacy and Video Games: Comments on Commercial Surveillance. Response to the US Federal Trade Commission’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking on commercial surveillance and data security (ANPR R111004) (Washington, DC). https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/sdzua

Journal Articles:

Grimes, S.M., Jayemanne, D., & Giddings, S. (2023). Rethinking Canada’s approach to children’s digital game regulation Canadian Journal of Communication 28 (1): 142-162. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjc.2022-0008.

Reports: 

Bui, A., Grimes, S.M., & Brown, D. (2022). The Media Ratings Project Report: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Media Comparative Analysis. Toronto, ON: KMDI. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4445631

Conference Presentations:

Jayemanne, D., Grimes, S.M., Giddings, S., Swerdfager, B., & Bui, A. (2023). Children, Play, and Age-Appropriate Game Design. Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) Annual Conference, June 19, Universidad de Seville, Seville, Spain.

Swerdfager, B., Grimes, S.M., Jayemanne, D., & Giddings, S. (2023). Rated C for Child-Informed: Children’s and Developers’ Insights on Bias and Discrimination in Gaming. Canadian Game Studies Association (CGSA) Annual Conference, June 9, Virtual Event.

Bui, A., & Grimes, S.M. (2023). This Paper is Not Yet Rated: Comparing Film and Game Rating Systems Across Canada, the US, and the EU.  Canadian Game Studies Association (CGSA) Annual Conference, June 6, Virtual Event.

Panel: A is for Age-Appropriate: The Politics and Implications of “Age-Appropriateness” for Children’s Digital Gaming. Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Annual Conference at Congress, May 31, York University, Toronto, ON. Including:

  • Grimes, S.M. (2023). Whose Best Interests? The Promise and Limits of the Age-Appropriate Design Movement and Legislative Developments to Date.
  • Bui, A. (2023). The Media Ratings Project Report: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Media Comparative Analysis.
  • Swerdfager, B. (2023) Notions of Fair Play In Children’s Gaming.
  • Giddings, S. (2023). Postindustrial Playgrounds: A Media Archaeology of Children’s Play Spaces.
  • Jayemanne, D. (2023). Changing The Game: Children’s Game Platforms and Speculative Play.

Swerdfager, B., Bui, A., Grimes, S.M., Jayemanne, D., & Giddings, S. (2023) Is ‘E’ for ‘Everybody’? Child Players, Grown-up Game Ratings, and the Shift Toward Age-Appropriate Design in Canada and the UK. International Communication Association Game Studies 2023 Preconference: Games and the (Playful) Future of Communication, May 25, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON.

Grimes, S.M. (2022). Children’s Rights In/And Digital Games. Presented at the Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Annual Conference at Congress, May 20, Virtual Event.

Public Outreach:

Grimes, S.M. (2022). Age-Appropriate Design for UX. CanUX Conference, November 3-6, Gatineau, QC.

Grimes, S.M. (2023). Keeping the Kids in Mind: Addressing Children’s Privacy Today. International Association of Privacy Professionals Canada Privacy Symposium 2023, May 25-26, Toronto, ON.