Learning at Home: Families' Educational Media Use in America
- Author: Victoria Rideout
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- Format: Written Document
This study concerns media used in the home
by children ages 2 to 10. It is the first study we
know of to attempt to quantify, on a national
level, how much of children’s media time is
devoted to educational content — platform by
platform, age by age. It also provides a measure
of parents’ experiences with the educational
media their children use: Which subjects do
parents feel their children are learning the most
about from media? Which platforms do they
perceive as being most effective? The study also
explores obstacles to greater use of educational
media: What are the reasons some children don’t
use educational media? Finally, all of these issues
are explored by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and
socioeconomic status.