Variability and patterns in children's media use and links with language development.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Media use is widespread and rising, but how often and for what purpose young children use media varies, which has differential impacts on development. Yet little work has measured how and why children under 36 months use digital media or media's consequences for language.

Methods

The current study measures how and why 17- to 30-month-old children use digital media and associations with their language abilities. The amount of use, type of activity and caregiver reasons for children's media use were then compared to the child's vocabulary and mean length of utterance.

Results

About 17- to 30-month-old children are primarily exposed to TV/videos over other media forms, which are often used to occupy children. Video time (but not other activities) negatively predicts

SUBMITTER: Kucker SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11006579 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature