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Characteristics of Children’s Media Use and Gains in Language and Literacy Skills
Media use could be detrimental to children’s language and literacy skills because it may displace other language-enhancing activities like shared reading and caregiver-child interactions. Furthermore, the extent to which children use media with adults (joint media engagement), the extent to which th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7509086/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33013579 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02224 |
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author | Dore, Rebecca A. Logan, Jessica Lin, Tzu-Jung Purtell, Kelly M. Justice, Laura |
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description | Media use could be detrimental to children’s language and literacy skills because it may displace other language-enhancing activities like shared reading and caregiver-child interactions. Furthermore, the extent to which children use media with adults (joint media engagement), the extent to which they use interactive media (apps/games), and the time of the day and week during which media use occurs may attenuate any negative effects. The current study examines the relation between characteristics of children’s media use and gains in first graders’ language and literacy skills. Children (N = 488) completed direct assessments of language and literacy skills in the spring of kindergarten and the spring of first grade. Parents reported how many hours children used both interactive and non-interactive media during different times of the day on the most recent weekday and weekend day and responded to items about the extent to which they engage with their children during media use. A quadratic relationship between media use and language gains showed that a moderate amount of media use was related to larger language gains, whereas high use was related to smaller gains. For literacy, an interaction between media use and joint media engagement showed a small negative effect of media use at low levels of joint media engagement and little to no relation between media use and literacy gains at higher levels of joint media engagement. Children’s language and literacy skills were not predicted by either the proportion of media time that was spent with apps/games or morning and weekday media use. These results show that moderate amounts of media use may not be a negative influence on children’s developing language skills, whereas high levels may displace other language-enhancing activities. Additionally, joint media engagement may play an important buffering role in the relation between media use and early literacy skills, aligned with current recommendations encouraging co-viewing. |
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spelling | pubmed-75090862020-10-02 Characteristics of Children’s Media Use and Gains in Language and Literacy Skills Dore, Rebecca A. Logan, Jessica Lin, Tzu-Jung Purtell, Kelly M. Justice, Laura Front Psychol Psychology Media use could be detrimental to children’s language and literacy skills because it may displace other language-enhancing activities like shared reading and caregiver-child interactions. Furthermore, the extent to which children use media with adults (joint media engagement), the extent to which they use interactive media (apps/games), and the time of the day and week during which media use occurs may attenuate any negative effects. The current study examines the relation between characteristics of children’s media use and gains in first graders’ language and literacy skills. Children (N = 488) completed direct assessments of language and literacy skills in the spring of kindergarten and the spring of first grade. Parents reported how many hours children used both interactive and non-interactive media during different times of the day on the most recent weekday and weekend day and responded to items about the extent to which they engage with their children during media use. A quadratic relationship between media use and language gains showed that a moderate amount of media use was related to larger language gains, whereas high use was related to smaller gains. For literacy, an interaction between media use and joint media engagement showed a small negative effect of media use at low levels of joint media engagement and little to no relation between media use and literacy gains at higher levels of joint media engagement. Children’s language and literacy skills were not predicted by either the proportion of media time that was spent with apps/games or morning and weekday media use. These results show that moderate amounts of media use may not be a negative influence on children’s developing language skills, whereas high levels may displace other language-enhancing activities. Additionally, joint media engagement may play an important buffering role in the relation between media use and early literacy skills, aligned with current recommendations encouraging co-viewing. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7509086/ /pubmed/33013579 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02224 Text en Copyright © 2020 Dore, Logan, Lin, Purtell and Justice. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Dore, Rebecca A. Logan, Jessica Lin, Tzu-Jung Purtell, Kelly M. Justice, Laura Characteristics of Children’s Media Use and Gains in Language and Literacy Skills |
title | Characteristics of Children’s Media Use and Gains in Language and Literacy Skills |
title_full | Characteristics of Children’s Media Use and Gains in Language and Literacy Skills |
title_fullStr | Characteristics of Children’s Media Use and Gains in Language and Literacy Skills |
title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of Children’s Media Use and Gains in Language and Literacy Skills |
title_short | Characteristics of Children’s Media Use and Gains in Language and Literacy Skills |
title_sort | characteristics of children’s media use and gains in language and literacy skills |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7509086/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33013579 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02224 |
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