Demographic predictors of media use among infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
Demographic predictors of media use among infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
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DOI：
10.1177/0002764204271512
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Krosnick, JA
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作者：
Anand, S;Krosnick, JA
在过去的四十年中，大量研究探讨了媒体使用对儿童的影响，但很少有工作探讨决定孩子花多少时间与各种媒体互动的因素。本文重点关注 6 个月至 6 岁的幼儿以及媒体使用的人口预测因素。作者利用凯撒家庭基金会赞助的一项大规模全国调查的数据，进行了多元回归，预测了看电视、观看视频/DVD、阅读、玩视频游戏和使用电脑的时间。孩子的年龄、种族、父母的教育程度和父母的婚姻状况对大多数类型的媒体使用都有显着影响，而孩子的性别出生顺序、家里说的语言、父母的就业状况和父母的年龄只有偶尔的、孤立的影响。家庭收入完全没有影响。研究结果提出了关于可能解释观察到的关系的过程的各种有趣的假设，从而为未来测试这些可能性的研究奠定了基础。
A great deal of research during the past four decades has explored the effects of media use on children, but remarkably little work has explored the factors that determine how much time a child spends interacting with various media. This article does so with a focus on very young children, ages 6 months to 6 years, and on demographic predictors of media use. Using data from a large-scale national survey sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the authors conducted multiple regressions predicting time spent watching television, watching videos/ DVDs, reading, playing video games, and using computers. Child's age, race, parents' education, and parents' marital status had significant effects across most types of media use, whereas child's gender birth order, languages spoken at home, parents I employment status, and parents' age had only occasional, isolated effects. Family income had no impact at all. Findings suggest various intriguing hypotheses about the processes that might explain the relations observed, thereby setting the stage for future research testing these possibilities.