Dr. Charlene Elliott Recent Publications
Elliott, C., R. Carruthers Den Hoed R., and Conlon, M. (2013). Food branding and young
children’s taste preferences: A reassessment. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 104(5). 364368.
Elliott, C. (2013). Parent’s choice: Examining parent perspectives on regulation and childtargeted supermarket foods. Food, Culture and Society, 16(3). 437-455.
Elliott, C and Cook, B. (2013). Not so Grreaat: Ten important myths about food advertising
targeted to children in Canada. Childhood Obesity, 9(4). 1-6.
Hudson, S. and C. Elliott. (2013). Measuring the impact of product placement on children using
digital brand integration. Journal of Food Products Marketing, 19(3). 176-200.
Elliott, C. and Brierley, M. (2012). Healthy Choice?: Exploring how children evaluate
the healthfulness of packaged foods. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 103(6). 453-458.
Elliott, C. (2012). TasteTM: Interrogating food, law and color. The Senses & Society, 7(3). 276288.
Elliott, C. (2012). Packaging fun: Analysing supermarket food messages targeted at children.
Canadian Journal of Communication, 37(2). 303-318.
Elliott, C. (2012). Marketing foods to children: Are we asking the right questions? Childhood
Obesity, 8(3). 202-205.
Elliott, C. (2012). Packaging Health: Examining "better-for-you" foods targeted at children.
Canadian Public Policy, 38(2). 265-281.
Dutton, D., Campbell, N., Elliott, C. and McLaren, L. (2012). A ban on marketing of
foods/beverages to children: the who, why, what, and how of a population health intervention.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, 103(2). 100-102.
Elliott, C. (2011). “It’s junk food and chicken nuggets”: Children’s perspectives on ‘kids’ food’
and the question of food classification. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 10(3). 133-140.
Elliott, C. and M. Conlon. (2011). Toddler foods, children’s foods: Assessing sodium in
packaged supermarket foods targeted at children. Public Health Nutrition, 14(3). 490-498.
Elliott, C. (2011). Sweet & Salty: Nutritional content and analysis of baby and toddler foods.
Journal of Public Health, 33(1). 63-70.
Elliott, C. (2010). Eatertainment and the (re)classification of children’s food. Food, Culture and
Society, 13(4). 539-553.
Elliott, C. (2010). Envisioning children: On food, fat and freedom. Red Feather Journal, 1(1). 8799.
Elliott, C. (2009). ‘Healthy food looks serious’: How children interpret packaged food products.
Canadian Journal of Communication, 34(3). 359-380.
Elliott, C. (2009). Canada’s Great Butter Caper: On law, fakes and the biography of margarine.
Food, Culture and Society, 12(3). 379-396.
Elliott, C. and J. Greenberg. (2009). A Cold-cut crisis: Food-borne illness, legitimation problems
and corporate apologia. Canadian Journal of Communication, 34(2). 189-204.
Elliott, C. (2009). Entertaining Eats: Children’s ‘fun food’ and the transformation of the
domestic foodscape. Material Culture Review, 70. 34-43
Books
Greenberg, J. and Elliott, C. (eds.) (2013). Communication in Question: Competing Perspectives
on Controversial Issues in Communication Studies, 2nd Edition. Nelson.
Greenberg, J. and Elliott, C. (eds.) (2008). Communication in Question: Competing Perspectives
on Controversial Issues in Communication Studies. Thomson-Nelson.
Book Chapters
Elliott, C. (2013). Governing taste: Packaged foods, inscription devices, nutrition and the child.
In M. McAllister and E. West (eds.) Routledge Companion to Advertising and Promotional
Culture. pp. 267-282.
Elliott, C. (2013). The complexity of choice: Food promotion and our modern foodscape. In J.
Greenberg and C. Elliott (eds.), Communication in Question: Competing Perspectives on
Controversial Issues in Communication Studies, 2nd Edition. Nelson. pp. 81-88.
Elliott, C. (2012). ‘Healthy food looks serious’: How children interpret packaged food products.
In A. Strickland (ed.), Annual Editions: Nutrition 11/12, 23rd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.
pp. 7-17.
Elliott, C. (2010). Blue Froot Loops, giggling Dough-Boys and the smell of beer: Why the senses
matter. In L. Shade (ed.), Mediascapes: New Patterns in Canadian Communication, 3rd edition.
Ontario: Nelson. pp. 179-194.
Elliott, C. (2009). Kid-Visible: Childhood obesity, body surveillance and the techniques of care.
In S. Heir and J. Greenberg (eds.), Surveillance: Power, Problems, and Politics. UBC Press. pp.
33-45.