Effects of television exposure on developmental skills among young children

Lin, Ling-Yi; Cherng, Rong-Ju; Chen, Yung Jung; Chen, Yi Jen; Yang, Hei Mei

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.12.005

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“…In fact, screen activities have been correlated with decline in social involvement (Boyd, ), worse interpersonal relationships (Kowert, Domahidi, Festl, & Quandt, ), and poorer social competence (Griffiths, ; Lemmens, Valkenburg, & Peter, ), which is suggested to impair EU development (Kårstad et al ., ). Although watching high‐quality educational content at preschool ages can improve children's academic skills (Kostyrka‐Allchorne, Cooper, & Simpson, ) and language outcomes (Linebarger & Walker, ), television watching (more than 1 hr/day) before age two was reported to increase the risk of delayed cognitive and language skills (Lin, Cherng, Chen, Chen, & Yang, ). Spending time watching and interacting with a screen rather than parents or other humans may thus affect the amount of time children may spend practising skills of recognizing emotions in others, experiencing emotions when interacting with others and being talked to about the nature, causes, and consequences of different emotions by their parents.…”

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Screen time and the development of emotion understanding from age 4 to age 8: A community study

Skalická

Hygen

Stenseng

et al. 2019

British J of Dev Psycho

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Recent increase in children's screen activities has raised concerns that screen time may replace face-to-face interaction, and hence impair children's development of emotion understanding. This longitudinal community study of 960 Norwegian 4-yearolds, followed up at ages 6 and 8, examined bidirectional relations between screen use and emotion understanding. Results revealed that more screen time at age 4 predicted lower levels of emotion understanding at age 6. In addition, television in children's bedroom at age 6 forecasted lower levels of emotion understanding at age 8. The effect of TV watching on emotion understanding was gender moderated, with stronger effects of TV watching observed among girls, but no significant effects detected among boys. In contrast, gaming forecasted lower level of emotion understanding in boys, not girls. Results are discussed in the light of the importance of face-to-face interaction to preserve the development of social-emotional competence among young children. Statement of contributionWhat is already known on this subject?We know that children's screen activities correlate with poorer social competence and with decrease of the quantity and quality of interaction with parents and siblings. The capacity to understand emotions in others is primarily learned through interaction with primary caregivers, but little is known how children's screen use influences development of emotion understanding.What the present study adds?We found that more TV watching among girls at age 4 predicted lower levels of emotion understanding at age 6. Furthermore, TV in child's bedroom at age 6 forecasted lower levels of emotion understanding at age 8.

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Screen time and the development of emotion understanding from age 4 to age 8: A community study

Skalická

Hygen

Stenseng

et al. 2019

British J of Dev Psycho

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“…Screen time exposure has been associated with a number of developmental and behavioural conditions, including language delays, social communication deficits and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) . In addition, numerous studies suggest a negative association between screen time exposure and sleep duration .…”

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“…11 Published data for older children are lacking, with one report by the Singapore Media Development Agency showing that children aged 7-10 years generally spend 3.3 h on media activities each day. 12 Screen time exposure has been associated with a number of developmental and behavioural conditions, including language delays, 13,14 social communication deficits 15,16 and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). 17,18 In addition, numerous studies suggest a negative association between screen time exposure and sleep duration.…”

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Screen time exposure and sleep among children with developmental disabilities

Aishworiya

Kiing

Chan

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J Paediatrics Child Health

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“…Li, et al [4] presented Children"s knowledge about the reality status of fantastical events in television. Lin, et al [5] explored the Effects of television exposure on developmental skills among young children. Murphy [6] presented Design Capitalism in the AutoIndustrial Age.…”

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Commodification of Children in Popular Culture: Critical Discourse Analysis of Idola Cilik Singing Contest Program on Local Television in Indonesia

Sari¹

2017

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) From analysis of the text, the performance and the commodification of children in the "Idola Cilik" program are actually the result of television media industry; (2) From analysis of social cognition, RCTI's "Idola Cilik" program is created due to the lack of special programs for children; (3) Based on the analysis of social context, "Idola Cilik"has generated positive interpretations. Therefore, through this study, the producers of children programs are expected to be more concerned about the compatibility of program contents, and to pay much attention to the psychology of children, by putting the children not merely as some commodity to gain huge profit. As for the parents, they should be more selective on choosing TV programs for their children. Moreover, parents are also advised not to exploit their children by forcing them to be TV stars.

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Effects of television exposure on developmental skills among young children

Cited by 176 publications

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Screen time and the development of emotion understanding from age 4 to age 8: A community study

Screen time and the development of emotion understanding from age 4 to age 8: A community study

Screen time exposure and sleep among children with developmental disabilities

Commodification of Children in Popular Culture: Critical Discourse Analysis of Idola Cilik Singing Contest Program on Local Television in Indonesia

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