Growing Up in the Digital Age: Early Learning and Family Media Ecology

Overview

Journal Curr Dir Psychol Sci

Specialty Psychology

Date 2019 Aug 20

PMID 31423053

Citations 26

Authors

Rachel Barr

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Abstract

Media is so pervasive that it should no longer be considered a nuisance variable that could affect development but rather, a fundamental part of the context in which development occurs. Despite the rapid growth in access to digital media, there is a scarcity of research examining changes in the family media ecology and the subsequent effects of early media exposure on socio-cognitive development. Early research erroneously focused on the absolute amount of exposure by the child. Current research now considers the entire household, including both intentional exposure to child-directed content and unintended exposure to background media sources. Such research demonstrates that young children can and do learn from well-designed media particularly when they engage with others during digital play.

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