Educational and Fun? Parent Versus Preschooler Perceptions and Co-Use of Digital and Print Media
This study was designed to assess parental beliefs, motivations, and facilitative co-use of print and digital media with preschoolers and identify differences between parents' and children's perceptions of these media. We surveyed 43 parents and interviewed their 3- to 5-year-old children....
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SAGE Publishing,
2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | This study was designed to assess parental beliefs, motivations, and facilitative co-use of print and digital media with preschoolers and identify differences between parents' and children's perceptions of these media. We surveyed 43 parents and interviewed their 3- to 5-year-old children. Parents reported their child enjoyed print more than digital books and predicted their child would choose a print over a digital book. Parents indicated they believed print was more educational and entertaining than digital media and were motivated to use print for children's learning, relaxation, entertainment, and parent-child bonding. Parents also reported they use fewer facilitative behaviors when co-using digital than print media. Children more often chose to read the digital over the print book and more often selected digital devices across most motives. This study highlights a contrast between how parents and children view media and suggests that parents might better facilitate children's digital media use by creating more interactive digital media co-use opportunities. |
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| Item Description: | 2332-8584 10.1177/2332858419861085 |