Children's media use Flashcards
What percentage of 3-4 year old children have used a tablet or had used a TV?
65% had used a tablet
92% had used a TV
Explain the displacement hypothesis
Media use takes time away from other activities that might be beneficial for development.
Direct monotonic relationship with harm directly proportional to amount of exposure.
Explain the goldilocks hypothesis
Moderate technology use is not intrinsically harmful. Balanced use can be beneficial
Explain the transfer deficit hypothesis
Children learn less from 2D media than from live interactions due to a transfer deficit
Explain the stimulation hypothesis
Content from media use is incorporated into play or creative ideas, leading to increased quality or quantity.
What is a limitation of the displacement hypothesis
The theory only works if we assume that if the child was not watching TV they would definitley be engaging in beneficial activities
What is a limitation of the goldilocks hypothesis
Tends to be based on correlational data
What is a limitation of the transfer deficit hypothesis
Evidence is based on transfer between 2D and 3D versions of the same task. Transfer of more general skills not considered
What is a limitation of the stimulation hypothesis
May not be beneficial if the content of the media is negative e.g violence
Explain the findings of Harrison & Williams study into televisions affect on creativity
Divergent thinking was significantly higher in the community with no access to TV compared to the other 2 communities.
Divergent thinking was lower after the introduction of TV into the community and had dropped to the same level as the other 2 communities
Explain the findings of Wright et al’s study into how educational media content may help with language and school related skills
General audience content generally related to lower performance on school-related skills
Found positive relationships between watching educational programs and language and school related skills for preschoolers.
Explain the findings of Huber et al’s study into whether practicing a task on a touchscreen can lead to better performance in a real world task
Found that performance improved across all age groups regardless of practice modality
Explain the findings of Zack & Barr’s study into maternal scaffolding and children’s transfer skills
Interactional quality of scaffolding predicted infants transfer success.
High quality interaction dyads were 19x more likely to be able to successfully complete a task compared to the moderate quality ones
Explain the findings of Zimmerman, Christakis & Meltzoff
Negative association between watching baby videos and language development in 6-16 month year olds.
Disney offered refunds, included in AAP guidelines in support of their recommendations
Explain the findings of Ferguson & Donellan
Performed a reanalysis of Zimmerman’s study and found positive relationships between language development and watching baby videos, adult TV and child-directed TV and negative relationships where children werent exposed to media at all
