This research investigates the growing relationship between media industries and the
everyday viewing patterns and lives of young children. Specifically, this research focuses on …

Executive Summary Aistear, the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework (National Council
for Curriculum and Assessment [NCCA], 2009) has played a critical role in enhancing quality …

Despite the growing body of literature on how digital technologies impact child well-being,
previous research has provided little evidence on recent digital trends. This paper examines …

Young children from around the world are accessing the internet in ever increasing
numbers. The rapid increase in internet activity by children aged 4–5 years in particular is …

Background The use of smartphones and other technologies has been increasing in
digitods aged 14–18 years old. To further explain this relationship and explore the gap in …

This paper reports on an Australian study around early childhood educators' attitudes and
beliefs on the use of touchscreen technologies by very young children, under three years of …

Research suggests that parent–child communication is rapidly changing as a result of the
massive adoption of mobile devices and their penetration into interpersonal interaction …

Recent studies point to the heavy rate of smartphone use by parents while they are
accompanied by their children in public places This, in turn, leads to parental technoference …

It is indisputable that young children are exposed to digital media since birth and start using
them very early. This fuels debate that engages scholars and researchers, industry and …

Recent studies show that television is no longer the primary choice for screen viewing
among very young children, having been surpassed by online viewing platforms, among …