An Exploration of Electronic Media Use Profiles for Preschoolers of Low-Income Families.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize the electronic media (e-media) use of preschoolers from low-income families comprehensively, in terms of platform interaction potential and content.

Methods

Parents of 380 preschoolers (mean age, 52.5 ± 3.7 months) from diverse, low-income backgrounds reported on their child's age of exposure to various e-media types, frequency of use, amount of background television, and listed all child shows/cartoons and adult shows/general audience shows the child watches, as well as all electronic games/apps the child plays. We calculated descriptive statistics and conducted latent profile analyses to characterize e-media use.

Results

Most children in the sample began watching TV before age 1 year and nearly half watch child shows/cartoons several times

SUBMITTER: Turnbull KLP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483376 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep - Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature