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Touchscreen generation: children's current media use, parental supervision methods and attitudes towards contemporary media
Author(s) -
KostyrkaAllchorne Katarzyna,
Cooper Nicholas R.,
Simpson Andrew
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/apa.13707
Subject(s) - touchscreen , popularity , human multitasking , media use , medicine , opinion survey , cognition , favourite , screen time , electronic media , mass media , developmental psychology , multimedia , advertising , psychology , social psychology , opinion leadership , physical activity , public relations , psychiatry , cognitive psychology , philosophy , theology , computer science , political science , physical medicine and rehabilitation , business , operating system
Aim To explore media preferences and use among young children, as well as to obtain information about parental supervision methods and beliefs about media. Method Ninety parents of three‐ to six‐year‐olds, recruited from a relatively economically advantaged area in the United Kingdom, completed a media opinion survey. Results Although traditional television remains the favourite type of media platform among young children, touchscreen devices are gaining in popularity, and may promote simultaneous multi‐screen use. Moreover, parents believe that the effects of media on developmental outcomes are generally positive. However, they do monitor the content of traditional and new media their children are exposed to. Conclusion This study shows an emerging evidence of concurrent multi‐screen use among very young children. More detailed examination of early media multitasking, and its relationship to cognitive and behavioural outcomes, is necessary.