‘Lots done, more to do’: The current state of interaction design and children research and future directions

Child–computer interaction (CCI) is a multidisciplinary field of research that concerns the phenomena surrounding the interaction between children and computational and communication technologies. During the last two decades, several endeavors and contributions have significantly furthered CCI research. The pace of children-relevant technological advances and establishment of CCI venues has increased CCI scholarship, and furthered our knowledge and understanding about the relationship between childhood and technology. This editorial article provides an introduction and overview of the special Issue on “review articles in child–computer​ interaction research”. The motivation of this special issue is to highlight review and survey papers that portray contemporary developments in the CCI literature. The contributions come from diverse contexts, cover a wide range of technological affordances, and address a variety of objectives and stakeholders (e.g., designers, learning scientists, policymakers, technologists). In this editorial, we present the background of CCI research, giving a brief overview of the contributions of the special issue, and conclude by highlighting potential emerging issues and challenges of the field