Trends in Digital Media Use in Korean Preschool Children

BACKGROUND: Children today are exposed to various media devices, and their usage of these is increasing. Prior studies have outlined forms of harm this can potentially cause. However, there has been little empirical research on the use of media devices among preschool children in Asia. The aim of th...

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Autores principales: Lee, Dong Yun, Roh, Hyun Woong, Kim, Seong-Ju, Park, Eun-Jin, Yoo, Heejeong, Suh, Sooyeon, Shin, Yunmi
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Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6813425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31650718
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e263
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author Lee, Dong Yun
Roh, Hyun Woong
Kim, Seong-Ju
Park, Eun-Jin
Yoo, Heejeong
Suh, Sooyeon
Shin, Yunmi
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Roh, Hyun Woong
Kim, Seong-Ju
Park, Eun-Jin
Yoo, Heejeong
Suh, Sooyeon
Shin, Yunmi
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description BACKGROUND: Children today are exposed to various media devices, and their usage of these is increasing. Prior studies have outlined forms of harm this can potentially cause. However, there has been little empirical research on the use of media devices among preschool children in Asia. The aim of this study was to examine and analyze longitudinal trends in media device use among Korean preschool children, focusing on the frequency of engagement, time spent with, and ownership of media devices, delineated by sex. METHODS: Four hundred parents of children aged 2–5 years were invited to enroll. The baseline assessment, Wave 1, was conducted between December 2015 and June 2016, and follow-up assessments, Wave 2 and Wave 3, were conducted annually for the following 2 years. Time of media use, frequency of media use, and ownership of media devices (TV, tablet PCs, and smartphones) were investigated. RESULTS: Ownership of tablet PCs increased significantly between Wave 1 and Wave 3 for boys and girls (corrected P < 0.001). Frequency of media use increased significantly between Wave 1 and Wave 3 only in boys' use of tablet PCs (mean difference 0.8 day/wk). Time of media use increased significantly between Wave 1 and Wave 3 for both sexes in all devices, measured by mean difference on weekdays and weekends (TV by 0.6 and 0.7 hr/day, tablet PCs by 0.6 and 0.8 hr/day, and smartphones by 0.4 and 0.4 hr/day). Children spent more time using media devices during weekends than on weekdays. CONCLUSION: This study observed an increase in the tendency of media device use among preschool children in Korea. The patterns of use indicate that paying attention to the types of devices children use is needed, as well as vigilance on weekends.
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spelling pubmed-68134252019-10-29 Trends in Digital Media Use in Korean Preschool Children Lee, Dong Yun Roh, Hyun Woong Kim, Seong-Ju Park, Eun-Jin Yoo, Heejeong Suh, Sooyeon Shin, Yunmi J Korean Med Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: Children today are exposed to various media devices, and their usage of these is increasing. Prior studies have outlined forms of harm this can potentially cause. However, there has been little empirical research on the use of media devices among preschool children in Asia. The aim of this study was to examine and analyze longitudinal trends in media device use among Korean preschool children, focusing on the frequency of engagement, time spent with, and ownership of media devices, delineated by sex. METHODS: Four hundred parents of children aged 2–5 years were invited to enroll. The baseline assessment, Wave 1, was conducted between December 2015 and June 2016, and follow-up assessments, Wave 2 and Wave 3, were conducted annually for the following 2 years. Time of media use, frequency of media use, and ownership of media devices (TV, tablet PCs, and smartphones) were investigated. RESULTS: Ownership of tablet PCs increased significantly between Wave 1 and Wave 3 for boys and girls (corrected P < 0.001). Frequency of media use increased significantly between Wave 1 and Wave 3 only in boys' use of tablet PCs (mean difference 0.8 day/wk). Time of media use increased significantly between Wave 1 and Wave 3 for both sexes in all devices, measured by mean difference on weekdays and weekends (TV by 0.6 and 0.7 hr/day, tablet PCs by 0.6 and 0.8 hr/day, and smartphones by 0.4 and 0.4 hr/day). Children spent more time using media devices during weekends than on weekdays. CONCLUSION: This study observed an increase in the tendency of media device use among preschool children in Korea. The patterns of use indicate that paying attention to the types of devices children use is needed, as well as vigilance on weekends. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2019-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6813425/ /pubmed/31650718 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e263 Text en © 2019 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Park, Eun-Jin
Yoo, Heejeong
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6813425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31650718
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e263
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