[ecrea] Cfp Media and Sleep - Health Communication

HEALTH COMMUNICATION – CALL FOR PAPERS – 1 March 2017

Forthcoming Symposium in Health Communication

“Electronic Media Use and Sleep”

Symposium Editor: Jan Van den Bulck ((jvdbulck /at/ umich.edu) 
<mailto:(jvdbulck /at/ umich.edu)>)

Good and sufficient sleep is a major determinant of health. Without it, 
both children, adolescents, and adults are more likely to have 
accidents, perform worse at their daytime activities, struggle with 
weight issues, and even experience a deterioration of health.

People today sleep one to two hours per day less than they did fifty 
years ago. At the same time, the media landscape has undergone rapid and 
substantial changes, giving people ever more control over, but also 
growing access to, media content on a variety of platforms. Media use 
has followed the user, first into the bedroom, and then into bed.

The past decade has seen a rapid increase in the number of publications 
devoted to the relationship between electronic media use and sleep. 
Media use has been linked to a decline in sleep quality, a shorter sleep 
duration, and an increase in daytime fatigue in various demographic 
groups. The evidence is growing that using electronic media before or 
after lights out may be a significant risk factor for the development of 
sleep difficulties.

While the association between media use and sleep is well established, 
relatively little is known about the processes that explain these 
relationships and their outcomes.

This symposium of Health Communication invites researchers and 
practitioners from the fields of communication, sleep medicine, public 
health, media and health psychology and other related fields to submit 
original research articles on electronic media use and sleep behavior. 
Papers featuring research on the impact of traditional media (i.e. 
television, video games, music) and new media (i.e. smartphones, 
tablets, social media) on sleep indicators (such as sleep quality, sleep 
duration, fatigue) or sleep disorders (such as insomnia) will be 
considered. Submissions should offer theoretical, methodological or 
practical relevance for understanding the relations among electronic 
media exposure, sleep indicators and sleep-related health behavior. 
Data-based submissions are encouraged, but theoretical or methodological 
articles will also be considered. Manuscripts must adhere to the aims of 
Health Communication and as such need to contribute to theory and practice.

Two types of submissions are encouraged, although others will be considered:

(1) Full-length original research articles that conform to the general 
guidelines of submissions at Health Communication, reporting on original 
research on the association between electronic media use and sleep.

(2) Short reports (2,000 words or less, including references).

When submitting your manuscript to Health Communication 
(www.editorialmanager.com/hc <http://www.editorialmanager.com/hc>) be 
sure to indicate in your cover letter that you are submitting to the 
symposium on electronic media use and sleep behavior, and indicate 
whether you want your submission to be considered as a full-length 
article or a brief report. Multiple submissions from one research group 
will be considered. Manuscripts submitted should not be under review at 
another journal. For questions about submission fit, topical areas, or 
anything related to the symposium, please contact symposium editor Jan 
Van den Bulck ((jvdbulck /at/ umich.edu) <mailto:(jvdbulck /at/ umich.edu)>).

Deadline for symposium consideration is 1 March 2017. The symposium will 
appear in a printed issue, with articles made available online ahead of 
print.

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