Exploring children's naturalistic educational media use: Prevalence, domains, and correlates

IF 2.2 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-06-07 DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101814

Rebecca A. Dore, Kelly M. Purtell, Tzu-Jung Lin, Laura M. Justice

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Abstract

Media use is a pervasive context in children's lives and has the potential to shape development. This study examines the prevalence of educational content in first graders' media use, the educational domains represented, and whether educational media use is related to socioeconomic status, child gender, and time spent using media and reading. Caregivers of 346 first graders reported children's three to five most-used shows/videos and three to five most-used apps/games, which were coded for educational content and domain. Caregivers also reported demographics and time children spent using media and reading. Educational content comprised a small but measurable portion of media use and gender but not socioeconomic status is related to educational media use. Educational media use was associated with less time spent using media and more time spent reading. Findings have implications for the promotion and creation of educational media for different populations and in diverse domains.

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探索儿童自然主义教育媒体的使用：流行，领域和相关性

媒体使用是儿童生活中普遍存在的情况，并有可能影响发展。本研究考察了教育内容在一年级学生媒体使用中的流行程度、所代表的教育领域，以及教育媒体的使用是否与社会经济地位、儿童性别、使用媒体和阅读的时间有关。346名一年级学生的看护人员报告了孩子们三到五个最常用的节目/视频和三到五个最常用的应用程序/游戏，这些都是根据教育内容和领域编码的。护理人员还报告了人口统计数据和儿童使用媒体和阅读的时间。教育内容占媒体使用的一小部分，但可测量，性别和社会经济地位与教育媒体使用无关。教育媒体的使用与更少的媒体使用时间和更多的阅读时间有关。研究结果对促进和创建针对不同人群和不同领域的教育媒体具有影响。

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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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5.10

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3.30%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.