Families' Digital Media Use: Intentions, Rules and Activities

Autor/inn/en	Eichen, Lars; Hackl-Wimmer, Sigrid; Eglmaier, Marina Tanja Waltraud; Lackner, Helmut Karl; Paechter, Manuela; Rettenbacher, Karoline; Rominger, Christian; Walter-Laager, Catherine
Titel	Families' Digital Media Use: Intentions, Rules and Activities
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Technology, 52 (2021) 6, S.2162-2177 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Eichen, Lars) ORCID (Hackl-Wimmer, Sigrid) ORCID (Eglmaier, Marina Tanja Waltraud) ORCID (Lackner, Helmut Karl) ORCID (Paechter, Manuela) ORCID (Rettenbacher, Karoline) ORCID (Rominger, Christian) ORCID (Walter-Laager, Catherine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1013
DOI	10.1111/bjet.13161
Schlagwörter	Mass Media Use; Family (Sociological Unit); Intention; Parenting Styles; Handheld Devices; Foreign Countries; Toddlers; Preschool Children; Housework; Family Environment; Austria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mediennutzung; Familie; Ausland; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Hausarbeit; Familienmilieu; Österreich
Abstract	Since digital media such as smartphones, tablets or laptops are available in almost every household in industrialised countries, parents are challenged to integrate them into their everyday family life. To gain more information on parents' mediation of digital media, the relationships between their educational intentions, objectives and their children's use of digital media were investigated in consideration of the children's age. Overall, 150 Austrian parents with children aged one year and a half to six years participated in the study (two groups were formed based on the age of the children: toddlers and preschool children). They filled in a questionnaire on their intentions and rules for their children's use of media. Moreover, the parents provided information concerning their objectives for digital media use and the kind of activities for which their children use interactive digital toys or passive digital media. Results show that parents' intentions of their children's media use is mainly to gain time for household chores or work. Whereas the age of the children does not seem to be of great importance to parents concerning the media regulation, the results for the objectives and activities parents want their children to do with digital media do indeed differ between the two age-groups. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01