Videos and Vocabulary: How Digital Media Use Impacts the Types of Words Children Know.

ABSTRACT: The last decade has seen an exponential rise in children's digital media use, as well as growing evidence that it is associated with changes in children's vocabulary. However, while high rates of low-quality digital media have been associated with lower amounts of words a child says, little work has examined whether digital media alters the types of words a child knows. Here, we explore whether differences in the amount of digital media exposure are associated with differences in the composition of children's vocabulary. The current study surveyed 388 caregivers of children 17-30 months (M = 23.9 months) on their children's productive vocabulary and technology use. Multiple regression models predicted the proportion of words children knew in different semantic categories based on the time

SUBMITTER: Kucker SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12602769 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature