To Digital or not to Digital:  How Mothers are Navigating the Digital World with their Young Children

Teichert, Laura

doi:10.20360/g22p5w

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“…The parents also can put rules and do not flex these rules. Again, the same study mentioned that parents set a rule as children can use media tools only with a parent (Teichert, 2017).…”

Section: Implications For Practicementioning

confidence: 98%

“…It can thus be suggested that, parents can resist childrenís desire to play with media tools. Similarly, Teichert (2017) suggested that parents and caregivers limit childrenís screen time because they are concerned for childrenís physical and social development. Furthermore, the increasing time of spending with digital media tools could lead to increase childrenís consuming behavior.…”

Section: Implications For Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Effects of Preschoolers’ Media Usage Habits on Their Daily Life and Sustainability

Akyar

Sapsağlam

2019

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education

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Today’s children are born into a digital world and are exposed to various electronic devices and digital contents both in the home environment and other environments since the first years of life. Children, who are a natural recipient of the environment in which they live, are exposed to the effects of the digital world at different levels and reflect these effects in different ways. The purpose of the reported study is to investigate if preschoolers’ daily media usage habits affects their drawings. This study is planned according to the case study design of qualitative research methods. The study was conducted with 15 preschoolers and their parents. There were nine boys and six girls in the study. The preschoolers’ drawings and their parents’ interview data were analyzed by using the descriptive analyzing method. The study result shows that there are differences between boys and girls media usage habits. Boys spend more time with media tools than girls. Additionally, boys are exposed to more inappropriate content because of their preferences. The analysis of their drawings revealed that boys are more affected than girls from media contents since boys’ drawings include more characters from media than girls. It can thus be suggested that media tools might be harmful when they are used in a developmentally inappropriate way, and excessive media tool usage has negative impact on children. Therefore, the reported study recommends that parents and caregivers take some precautions to limit preschoolers from spending time with media tools and to control content of children’s activity.

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“…The parents also can put rules and do not flex these rules. Again, the same study mentioned that parents set a rule as children can use media tools only with a parent (Teichert, 2017).…”

Section: Implications For Practicementioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Implications For Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

The Effects of Preschoolers’ Media Usage Habits on Their Daily Life and Sustainability

Akyar

Sapsağlam

2019

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education

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“…However, other studies have documented that some parents and caregivers are apprehensive about the effects of screen time on children's overall development (O'Hara, 2011;Stephen et al, 2013;Teichert, 2017). This belief led these adults to limit children's access to digital technology and direct their children to engage in more traditional childhood activities, such as drawing or outdoor play (Dias et al, 2016;Teichert, 2017;Wolfe & Flewitt, 2010). Kucirkova et al (2018) found parents were more concerned about boys' digital engagement and the possible ill health effects of digital technology than they were about girls.…”

Section: Parents'/caregivers' Attitudes and Beliefsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Readers and viewers are left "fearful or hopeful, and oftentimes just plain confused" (Gee et al, 2018, p. 2) about how to navigate a complex technological world. This situation may lead parents to feel guilty about the decisions they make and uneasy about how to 'do right' for their children (Livingstone & Blum-Ross, 2016Teichert, 2017Teichert, , 2020.…”

Section: Parents'/caregivers' Attitudes and Beliefsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Access and Use of Digital Technologies in Early Childhood: A Review of Mixed Messages in Popular Media

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Anderson

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This paper reports on an analysis of 60 print and online articles collected in a metropolitan area in Canada that describe children’s digital engagement through a focus on ‘early literacy’ or ‘digital literacy’. Findings reveal mixed messages about children’s use of digital technology that create competing frames for adults supporting (or not) young children’s digital literacy practices. Digital technology was often characterized as something to limit/control, except in school, where digital literacy was characterized as holding a proper place when controlled by educators. Consistent across media messaging was the promotion of traditional, print-based texts as an essential early literacy practice.

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“…What makes Sarah and Craig's attitudes toward their children's digital engagement so noteworthy is their low-technology use coupled with participation in a qualitative study focused on young children's digital literacy in the home. Although Sarah never expressed it directly, my analysis and reflections during data collection revealed Sarah experienced tension about whether she was making the right choice in limiting her children's access to and use of digital technology (see Teichert, 2017 for further analysis). As such, it is possible Sarah agreed to participate in my study because she wanted more information (and to contribute information) to the growing field of young children's engagement with digital technology.…”

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iPhone for data collection: distraction in low-technology home

Teichert

2020

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PurposeThis paper describes the unintended and unanticipated ways an iPhone as a data collection tool created distractions during observations of five-year-old twins' digital literacy practices while in their home.Design/methodology/approachSituated in sociocultural theories of learning and development and new literacy studies, the 12-month-long case study examined young children's digital literacy practices in their homes before and during their transition into kindergarten. The article focuses on the data collection of five-year-old twins in their home with their parents, a family the author called the Skywalkers. Data sources included semistructured interviews, participant observations and informal conversations.FindingsThe mother was a low-technology user and preferred her children to engage in nondigital activities. The children were permitted 10 min every other day of “digital time.” The iPhone as a data collection tool provided them with digital access they would otherwise not have. The mother knew the focus of the study was digital engagement and that the iPhone was used for data collection (i.e. photographs and videos). Although the iPhone was intended to be used in establishing rapport and taking photographs, the children frequently asked to video record their play and therefore the iPhone became a distraction.Originality/valueGiven the prevalence of smartphones in Western society, the recruitment of a family with such low-technology use was unforeseen. As digital data collection increases in qualitative research, researchers should not assume that a smartphone is always appropriate for gathering photographic data. This is particularly important when investigating digital literacy practices of families in their homes.

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To Digital or not to Digital: How Mothers are Navigating the Digital World with their Young Children

Abstract: We know many children are using digital tools, such as mobile phones and tablets. Much has been debated about the appropriateness of these tools in the lives of young children (e.g

Cited by 19 publications

References 13 publications

The Effects of Preschoolers’ Media Usage Habits on Their Daily Life and Sustainability

The Effects of Preschoolers’ Media Usage Habits on Their Daily Life and Sustainability

Access and Use of Digital Technologies in Early Childhood: A Review of Mixed Messages in Popular Media

iPhone for data collection: distraction in low-technology home

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