Impacts of digital media on children’s well-being: A bibliometric analysis

Abstract

The bulk of the literature related to digital media and children exposed various psychologically harmful impacts. This bibliometric analysis is a crucial attempt to document and present existing literature, identify gaps, and recommend further exploring social media’s impact on children’s well-being. The method “the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses” is employed to investigate the publication on the impacts of digital media on children’s well-being. The data is collected from the Web of Science database, which includes publications published between 2000 and 2023. The final sample consists of 1,037 research publications evaluated using Bibliometrix software. The findings provide insights into how media is a challenge or opportunity for children and their well-being in the modern era. The trends and suggestions in the discussion of digital media’s impacts on children’s well-being are presented in this study.