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Published in: TechTrends 3/2020

20-02-2020 | Column: Graduate Member Musings

Understanding the 3Cs: Child, Content, and Context in Children’s Educational Media

Author: Sonia Tiwari

Published in: TechTrends | Issue 3/2020

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Common Sense Media’s survey of more than 1400 parents from all regions of the U.S. suggests that today almost all children live in a home with one or more types of digital media devices, with an average screen time of 2 h and 19 min a day for children under the age of 8 (Rideout 2016). The screen-viewing hours are even higher for older children, and children from lower-income families. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP 2016) recommends parents to limit viewing time for toddlers to 1 h per day and actively mediate children’s learning experiences with high-quality educational programming. This timely recommendation by a professional pediatric association like AAP - makes it crucial for educators, educational researchers, educational content designers, and parents - to understand educational media effects on children. …
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Metadata
Title
Understanding the 3Cs: Child, Content, and Context in Children’s Educational Media
Author
Sonia Tiwari
Publication date
20-02-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
TechTrends / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 8756-3894
Electronic ISSN: 1559-7075
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-020-00482-8

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