(2003) Presented at the Canadian Peace Research and Education Conference.
Politics of Hope; A Media Risk Reduction Intervention in North Vancouver. June 12-15, Regina, The University of Regina.

(2003) Imagination and Education Conference. Media Risk Reduction strategy as a means of imagination development; a North Vancouver pilot project. July 16-19, 2003, Vancouver , BC, Imaginative Education Research Group, Simon Fraser University.

Upcoming Media Risk Publications

Simon Fraser University Media Analysis Lab (2003). Violent Media and the effects on children; what parents can do about it. Article for Health Canada for an online web page dealing with the risk of media and what parents can do about it.

Kline, S and Stewart, K (2004). Media Risk Reduction Intervention; a pilot project in North Vancouver in Humanitas" The Bulletin of the Institute for the Humanities", Volume 3: Spring.

Media related publications by Dr. Stephen Kline

Kline, S., with Kym Stewart (2000). "Family Life and Media Violence: A Qualitative Study of Canadian Mothers of Boys," in Van den Bergh and Van den Bulck (eds), Children and Media: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Garant: Lueven pg. 89-110.

Kline, S. (2000). "Moral Panic and Video Games Research in Childhood, A Collection of Papers," Sociology, Culture and History Conference, Department of Child and Youth Culture. Odense University. Denmark.

Kline, S. (1999). "Spectators and Players in the Temple of Doom," in Jens Qvortrup and Flemming Mouritsen (eds), Childhood and Children’s Culture, Odense University: Denmark.

Kline, S. (1998). "Toys, Socialization and the Commodification of Play," in Susan Strasser and Charles McGovern (eds.), Getting and Spending. Cambridge U Press.

Kline, S. (1998). "The Making of Children’s Culture," in Henry Jenkins (ed.), The Children’s Culture Reader. NYU Press.NY

Kline, S. (1997). "Image Politics: Negative Advertising Strategies and the Election Audience," in Nava, Mica, Andrew Blake, Iain MacRuiry, Barry Richards, Buy this Book: Studies in Advertising and Consumption. Routledge London 1997.

Kline, S. (1996). "Playing with Feelings," in Stephen Frith and Barabara Biggens (ed.), Toy Marketing: Its Child's Play. New College Institute for Values Research. University of New South Whales.

Kline, S. (1995). "The Promotion and Marketing of Play: Time to Rethink the Paradox?" in Anthony D. Pellegrini (ed.), The Future of Play Theory: A Multi-disciplinary Inquiry: into the Contributions of Brian Sutton-Smith. State University of New York Press.

Kline, S. (1995). "Toy Marketing and the Internationalization of Children's Television," in Paul Rutten and Monique Hamers-Regimbal, Internationalization in Mass Communication and Cultural Identity. Holland: Sommatie.

Kline, S. (1995). "The Empire of Play," in Cary Bazalgette and David Buckingham (ed.), In Front of the Children. BFI, London.Kline, S. (1995). Marketing and Children's Culture, World Summit on Children and Television, Children and Consumerism Panel, March.

Kline, S. (1995). (with W. Leiss). "The Ravelled Sleeve: Advertising Policy in Canada," (updated and revised) in D. Taras and H. Holmes (eds.), Our Own Reflections: Mass Media and Canadian Identity. University of Calgary Press: Calgary (rewritten for the 2nd Edition).

Journal Articles:

Kline, S. (2000). "Killing Time? A Canadian Meditation on Video Game Culture," in Children and Media Violence. UNESCO Clearinghouse Annual.

Kline, S. (1999). "Viewing Wars: Action Heroes and Canadian Mothers Concerns about Violent Televsion for boys 3-6." Hypercamp, University di Firenze. vol. 3. 59-76.

Kline, S. (1995). "The Play of the Market: On the Internationalization of Children's Culture," Theory Culture and Society, Vol. 12. 103-129.

Papers Presented at Conferences:

Kline, S. (2000). "Beyond the Canute Complex," BCTF Conference on Commercialization of Childhood. Vancouver, May 23.

Kline, S. (2000). "Interactive Media in Question?: Examining Children's Domestic Media Use Bjornculture Netvaerk." Danish Pedagogical University, November 22.

Kline, S. (2000). "Children and Media in the Age of Marketing: Invited Paper given at Children’s Living Conditions and Welfare," National Research Agency, Vaebeck Denmark, Nov 20-21.

Kline, S. (2000). "Mediating Media: Childhood between Research and Practice; Child and Youth Culture," University of Southern Denmark-Odense Hindsgavl, Funen, Denmark Nov 17-19.

Kline, S. (1999). "Moral Panic and Video Games," a paper given at Research in Childhood. Sociology, Culture and History Conference. Odense University November 8.

Kline, S. (1999). "Toys as Media: The Role of Toy Design, Promotional TV and Mother’s Reinforcement in the Young Males (3-6) Acquisition of Pro-social Play Scripts for Rescue Hero Action Toys." ITRA Conference. Halmstadt, Sweden. June 18.

Other Publications:

Kline, S. with Kym Stewart (1999). Rescue Heroes: Family Dynamics and Pro-Social Play. A Technical Report. Media Analysis Lab: Simon Fraser University.