Prävention von problematischer und pathologischer Nutzung von Bildschirmmedien – Der Ist-Zustand in Deutschland

International handbook of health literacy

“…Health departments, practitioners and experts recommend that children under the age of three should not be using screen media at all (Strasburger, 2010;Vaala and Hornik, 2014). A maximum of half an hour per day is recommended for children in nursery and of one hour per day for 7-to 12-year-olds (Bitzer et al, 2014). However, national and international studies report an increase in the amount of time children are spending with screen media (Vaala and Hornik, 2014).…”

“…Regarding preventive actions in the field of digital media, this chapter provides a more detailed overview of the current practice and literature on German interventions. In Germany there is currently a focus on media literacy training and on the content dimension of problematic screen media use, with the screen time and function/dysfunction dimensions being largely neglected, and a focus on online rather than face-to-face preventive offers (Bitzer et al, 2014). There are many German initiatives that design websites targeting children, parents and teachers to give advice on screen media.…”