Digital Media Use in Early Childhood

Lelia Green is Professor of Communications, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, Australia.Leslie Haddon is a Guest Lecturer and Visiting Fellow in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.Sonia Livingstone (OBE) is Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.Brian O’Neill is Emeritus Professor, School of Media, Technological University Dublin, Ireland. Kylie J Stevenson is Academic Chair of Graduate Research Training and Education at Murdoch University, Australia.Donell Holloway is a retired Senior Research Fellow at Edith Cowan University, Australia.

• List of Tables Acknowledgements 1. Contextualizing Digital Media Use in Early Childhood 2. Conceptual and Other Framings of Children’s Media Use 3. Screen Time 4. Parenting and Digital Media 5. Grandparents 6. Digital Media in Preschool Settings 7. Infants 8. Toddlers 9. Preschoolers 10. The Bases for Diversity in Children’s Digital Experiences 11. Parents’ Evaluation of Children’s Learning Through Digital Media 12. Summarising Our Research Findings Appendix Glossary Notes References Index

The book provides a necessary “real-world” look into young children’s use of digital technology, the potential benefits they provide, and the potential challenges they may create.