Publications
Kaveri Subrahmanyam, Ph.D.

Linares, D., Subrahmanyam, K. (2015). Finding Support: An Exploration of Postpartum Depression Internet Support Groups. Journal of Technologies and Human Usability, 10, 3-4.

Michikyan, M., Subrahmanyam, K., & Dennis, J. (2015). A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: A Mixed Methods Study of Online Self-Presentation in a Multiethnic Sample of Emerging Adults. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 15:287-308.

Michikyan, M., Subrahmanyam, K., Dennis, J. (2015). Facebook use and Academic Performance Among College Students: A Mixed-Methods Study with a Multi-Ethnic Sample. Computers in Human Behavior, 45, 265-272.

Updated and translated into Spanish as Subrahmanyam, K., Greenfield, P., & Michikyan, M. (2015).* Comunicación electrónica y relaciones adolescents. Infoamerica: Ibero American Communication Review, 9, 115-30.

Subrahmanyam, K., Michikyan, M., Clemmons, C., Carrillo, R., Uhls, Y.T., & Greenfield, P.M. (2014).  Paper versus computer screens:  The impact of reading medium and multitasking on memory and report writing.  International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning.

Michikyan, M., Dennis, J., & Subrahmanyam, K. (2014). Can you guess who I am? Real, ideal, and false self-presentation on Facebook among emerging adults. Emerging Adulthood. doi:10.1177/2167696814532442

Michikyan, M., Subrahmanyam, K., Dennis, J. (2014).  Can you tell who I am? Neuroticism, extraversion, and online self-presentation among young adults. Computers in Human Behavior, 33, 179-183.

Reprinted as Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P. (2013).  Communicating online: Adolescent relationships and the media. In P. Adler and P. Adler (Eds.), Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in Introductory Sociology. Wadsworth Cengage.

Translated and reprinted as Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P. (2013).  La communication en ligne: les adolescents et les médias.  In S. Octobre and R. Sirota (Eds.). L’enfant et ses cultures: Approaches internationals (pp. 123-158).  Paris: Ministere de la Culture et de la Communication.

Tran, P., Carrillo, R., & Subrahmanyam, K. (2013). Effects of online multitasking on reading comprehension of expository text. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 7(3). doi:10.5817/CP2013-3-2

Subrahmanyam, K., Michikyan, M., Clemmons, C., Carrillo, R., Uhls, Y. T., & Greenfield, P. M. (2013). Learning from paper, Learning from screens: Impact of screen reading and multitasking conditions on reading and writing among college students. International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning, 3(4), 1–27. doi:10.4018/ijcbpl.2013100101

Tran, P., & Subrahmanyam, K. (2013). Evidence-based guidelines for the informal use of computers by children to promote the development of academic, cognitive and social skills.  Ergonomics.  DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2013.820843

Reprinted in A. Burke, and J. Marsh, (Eds.) . (2013) Children’s virtual play worlds: Culture, learning and participation. New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Blinka, L., Subrahmanyam, K., Smahel, D., Seganti, F.R., (2012).  Differences in the Teen Blogosphere: Insights from a Content Analysis of English and Czech-Language Weblogs.  Young, 20, 3 (2012): 277-296.

Reich, S.M., Subrahmanyam, K., Guadalupe, E. (2012).  Friending, IMing, and Hanging Out Face-to-Face: Overlap in Adolescents’ Online and Offline Social Networks. Developmental Psychology, 48, 2, 356-368.  

Linares, K., Subrahmanyam, K., Cheng, R., Guan, A.S., (2011).  A Second Life within Second Life: Are virtual world users creating new selves and new lives? International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning 1(3), 50-71, July-Sept 2011. 

Subrahmanyam, K. (2009). Developmental implications of children’s virtual worlds. Washington and Lee Law Review, 66, 1065-1083.

Guan, S. A. & Subrahmanyam, K.  (2009).  Youth Internet Use: Risks and Opportunities. Current Opinions in Psychiatry.

Subrahmanyam, K., Garcia, E. C., Harsono, L. S., Li, J. S., & Lipana, L. (2009).  In Their Words: Connecting Online Weblogs to Developmental Processes.  British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27, 219-245. 

Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P. M. (2008).  Virtual worlds in development: Implications of social networking sites.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 29, 417-419.

Subrahmanyam, K., Reich, S. M., Waecher, N., Espinoza, G. (2008).  Online and Offline networks: Emerging adults use of social networking sites.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 29, 420-433. 

Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P. (2008). Communicating online: Adolescent relationships and the media. The Future of Children: Children and Media Technology, 18, 119-146.

Subrahmanyam, K. & Greenfield, P. M. (2008).  Communicating Online:  Adolescent Relationships and the Media.  The Future of Children; Children and Media Technology, 18, 119-146.  

Subrahmanyam, K. (2007).  Adolescent online communication: Old issues, new intensities.  Cyberpsychology, 1. (Online Journal: http://www.cyberpsychology.eu/view.php?cisloclanku=2007070701)

Subrahmanyam, K. & Lin, G. (2007).  Adolescents on the Net: Internet use and well-being.  Adolescence, 42, 659-677. 

Šmahel, D. & Subrahmanyam, K. (2007). Any girls want to chat press 911: Partner Selection in Monitored and Unmonitored Teen Chat Rooms. Cyberpsychology & Behavior, 10, 346-353.

Subrahmanyam, K., & Chen, H (2006).* A cross-linguistic study of English- and Chinese-speaking children’s learning of object and substance words. First Language, 26, 141-160.

Subrahmanyam, K., Šmahel, D., & Greenfield, P. M. (2006). Connecting developmental processes to the Internet: Identity presentation and sexual exploration in online teen chatrooms. Developmental Psychology, 42, 1-12.

Joram, E., Bertheau, M., Gabriele, A, J., Gelman, R., & Subrahmanyam, K. (2005). Using reference points and the mental number line to teach measurement estimation. Journal for Research in Math Education, 36, 4-23.

Subrahmanyam, K., Greenfield, P. M, & Tynes, B. (2004). Constructing sexuality and identity in an online teen chatroom. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 25, 651-666.

Greenfield, P. M. & Subrahmanyam, K. (2003). Online Discourse in a Teen Chatroom: New codes and new modes of coherence in a visual medium.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24, 713-738.

Subrahmanyam, K. (2002). The Impact of Interactive Technology on Children’s & Adolescents’ Cognitive and Social Skills.  ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 465 931).

Subrahmanyam, K.  (2001). Children’s attention to artifact shape and artifact function in labeling and non-labeling contexts. Child Study Journal, 31, 269-294.

Subrahmanyam, K., Greenfield, P. M., Kraut, R., & Gross, E. (2001). The impact of computer use on children’s development.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 22, 7-30.

Also reprinted in Sandra L. Calvert, Amy B. Jordan, and Rodney R. Cocking, (Eds). Children in the digital age: Influences of electronic media on development. (pp.3-33), Westport, CT, US: Praeger Publishers/Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002.

Subrahmanyam, K., Kraut, R. E., Greenfield, P. & Gross, E. (2000).  The impact of home computer use on children’s activities and development.  In M. K. Shields (Ed.), The future of children: Children and computer technology, vol. 10 (Spring 2000), 123-144. 

Subrahmanyam, K., Landau, B., & Gelman, R. (1999). Shape, material, and syntax: Interacting forces in children’s learning of novel words for objects and substances. Language and Cognitive Processes, 14, 249-281.

Joram, E., Subrahmanyam, K., & Gelman, R.  (1998). Measurement estimation:  Learning to map the route from numbers to quantity and back.  Review of Educational Research, 68, 413-449.

Subrahmanyam, K., & Landau, B.  (1995). Modulation of object perception by count and mass syntax. In E. Clark (Ed.), The Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth Annual Child Language Research Forum, April 1994. Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information.

Subrahmanyam, K. & Greenfield, P. M. (1994).  Effect of video game practice on spatial skills in girls and boys.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 15, 13-32.

Also reprinted In P. M. Greenfield and R. Cocking (Eds.), Interacting with video. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Subrahmanyam, K. (2020). Online behaviors.  In The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development. Wiley & Sons. DOI: 10.1002/9781119171492

Li H., Long M., Subrahmanyam K. (2020) The Relation Between Video Game Experience and Children’s Attentional Networks. In: Fang X. (eds) HCI in Games. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12211. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50164-8_21

Negriff, S. & Subrahmanyam, K. (2020). Is online peer engagement bad for all youth all of the time? The benefits and perils of online peer interactions.  In N. Van Zalk and C. Monks (Eds.). Online peer engagement in adolescence.  Taylor & Francis.

Weeks, C. & Subrahmanyam, K. (2019).* Adolescent and emerging adult perception and participation in problematic and risky online behavior. In Attrill-Smith, A., Fullwood, C., Keep, M., Kuss, D (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Cyberpsychology. Oxford University Press.

Hatchel, T., Subrahmanyam, K., & Birkett, M. (2016).* The digital development of LGBTQ youth: Identity, Sexuality, and Intimacy. In M. F. Wright (Ed.). Identity, sexuality, and relationships among emerging adults in the digital age.  Hershey, PA: IGI-Global.

Hatchel, T. & Subrahmanyam, K. (2015)*. Sexuality and intimacy: Development in the digital sphere.  In R. Vanderbeck and N. Worth (eds.), Families, Intergenerationality, and Peer Group Relations, Geographies of Children and Young People 5, Milton Park, UK. DOI 10.1007/978-981-4585-92-7_12-1

Sun, X. & Subrahmanyam, K. (2015). Media use and youth well-being.  In  L. Reinecke & M. B. Oliver (Eds.). Handbook of media use and well-being.  New York: Routledge. Manuscript under review.

Carrillo, R. & Subrahmanyam, K.  (2015).*  Mobile Phone Multitasking and Learning.  In Z. Yan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior (Volumes 1, 2, & 3) (pp.82-92). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Bartsch, M. & Subrahmanyam, K. (2015).* Technology and self-presentation: Impression management online. In L. D. Rosen, L.M. Carrier, & N. A. Cheever, (Eds.). The Handbook of Psychology, Technology, and Society (pp. 339-357).  Wiley Blackwell.

Smahel, D., & Subrahmanyam, K. (2014).  Sexuality online: A developmental perspective.  In A. Grudzinskas Jr., F. Saleh, & A. Judge (Eds.). Adolescent sexual development, the digital revolution and the law (pp. 62-88).  New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Montanari, S., Subrahmanyam, K., Zepeda, M., & *Rodriguez, C. (2014). The English phonological skills of Latino Spanish-English dual-language preschoolers living in Los Angeles: Implications for practice. In A. E. Arias, M. Gutiérrez, A. Landa, & F. Ocampo (eds.), Perspectives in the study of Spanish language variation. (pp. 465-498). Santiago de Compostela: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Press.

Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P.M. (2011). Digital media and youth: Games, Internet, and development. In D. Singer & J. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of children and the media (2nd ed.) (pp. 75-96). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Subrahmanyam, K., & Manago, A. (2011). The Children’s Digital Media Center @ LA. In Z. Yan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of cyber behavior (pp. 64-76). IGI Global: Hershey, PA.

Michikyan, M., & Subrahmanyam, K. (2011).* Social networking sites: Implications for youth. In Z. Yan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of cyber behavior (pp. 132-147). IGI Global: Hershey, PA.

Linares, D., & Subrahmanyam, K. (2011).* E-health behaviors. In Z. Yan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of cyber behavior (pp. 649-660). IGI Global: Hershey, PA.

Uhls, Y. T. , Espinoza, G., Greenfield, P. M., Subrahmanyam, K., & Smahel, D. (2011). Internet and other interactive media. In B. B.Brown & M. L. Prinstein (Eds.), Encyclopedia of adolescence, Vol. 2, Interpersonal and sociocultural factors (pp. 160-168). London: Academic Press.

Subrahmanyam, K. (2011).  [Review of the book Kids and credibility: An empirical examination of youth, digital media use, and information credibility by A. J. Flanagin and M.J. Metzger]. Teachers College Record, http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 16522.

Uhls, Y.T., & Subrahmanyam, K., (2010).  Hanging out and messing around, and geeking out: Kids living and learning with new media by Bittanti, d. Boyd, R. Cody, B. Herr-Stephenson, H. Horst, P. Lange, D. Mahendran, K. Martinez, C.J. Pascoe, D. Perkel, L. Robinson, D. Sims, and L. Tripp, 2010.

Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P. M. (2009). Designing serious games for children and adolescents: What developmental psychology can teach us. In U. Ritterfeld, M. Cody, P. Vorderer (Eds.), Serious games: Mechanisms and effects (pp. 167-178). New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor, and Francis.

Waechter, N., Subrahmanyam, K., Reich, S. M., & Espinoza, G. (2010). Youth connecting online: From chat rooms to social networking sites. In D. Riha & A. Maj (Eds.), Emerging practices in cyberculture and social networking (pp. 151-178). Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.

Subrahmanyam, K. (2010). Technology and physical and social health. In P. Peterson, E. Baker & B. McGaw (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education, Vol. 8 (pp. 112-118). Oxford, U.K: Elsevier.

Subrahmanyam, K. (2009).  Computers as learning tools.  In Richards A. Shweder, Thomas R. Bidell, Anne C. Dailey, Suzanne D. Dixon, Peggy J. Miller, and John Modell, (Eds.) The child: An Encyclopedic companion, p. 189-190.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Subrahmanyam, K.  (2009). Computer games. In R. A. Shweder, T. R. Bidell, A. C. Dailey, S. D. Dixon, P. J. Miller, & J. Modell, (Eds.). The child: An encyclopedic companion (p.190-191). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P. M. (2008). Media symbol systems and cognitive processes. In S. Calvert & B. Wilson (Eds.), The Blackwell handbook of children, media, and development, (pp. 166-187). England, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

Subrahmanyam, K.  (2007). [Review of the book Children’s responses to the screen: A media psychological approach by Patti M. Valkenburg]. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 25, 323-325.

Bidell, Anne C. Dailey, Suzanne D. Dixon, Peggy J. Miller, and John Modell, (Eds.). The child: An encyclopedic companion, p. 190-191.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Subrahmanyam, K. (2007).  How children respond to the screen. Invited book review for British Journal of Developmental Psychology.

Subrahmanyam, K.  (2006). Multitasking. Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media. In S. B. Gall & J. J. Arnett, (Eds.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P. M.  (2006). Peer-to-peer file sharing. In S. B. Gall & J. J. Arnett, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P. M. (2006). Language, Internet impact. In S. B. Gall & J. J. Arnett, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P. M. (2006). Computer use, cognitive skills. In S. B. Gall & J. J. Arnett, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Greenfield, P. M., Gross, E. F., Subrahmanyam, K., Suzuki, L., & Tynes, B. (2006). Teens on the Internet: Interpersonal connection, identity, and information. In R. Kraut, M. Brynin, & S. Kiesler (Eds.), Computers, phones, and the Internet: Domesticating information technology (pp. 185–200). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. (All authors contributed equally and names are arranged in alphabetical order).

Maynard, A. E., Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P. M. (2005). Technology and the development of intelligence: From the loom to the computer. In R. J. Sternberg and D. Preiss (Eds.), Intelligence and technology: The impact of tools on the nature and development of human abilities (pp.29-53). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Subrahmanyam, K. (2003).  Youth and Media: Opportunities for development or lurking dangers?  Invited book review of children, adolescents, and the media.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24, 381-387.

Subrahmanyam, K., Gelman, R. & Lafosse, A. (2003).  Animates and other separably moveable objects.  In E. M. Forde & G. W. Humphreys (Eds.), Category-specificity in brain and mind (pp. 341-371).  Hove, East Sussex: Psychology Press.

Subrahmanyam, K., Kraut, R., Greenfield, P.M., & Gross, E. (2001). New forms of electronic media: The impact of interactive games and the Internet on cognition, socialization, and behavior.  In D. Singer & J. Singer (Eds.). Handbook of children and the media (pp. 73-99).  Los Angeles, CA:  Sage.

Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P. M. (1998). Computer games for girls: What makes them play? In H. Jenkins & J. Cassell (Eds.), From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and computer games (pp. 46-71). Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press.

Subrahmanyam, K. (2006). Technology Matters: Your child and the Internet. Duke gifted letter.  Your child and the internet.  Duke gifted letter, Volume 6, Spring 2006 (issue 3).