ArticleActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2024
Variability and patterns in children's media use and links with language development.
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- The Effects of Video Visual Scene Displays on the Symbolic Communication of Preschool Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Their Peers in a Shared Video Activity.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Screen Time Is More than Just the Screen: Indirect Media Exposure Dominates Infants' Digital Environments.Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies · 2026Article
- Dense connectivity in networks of red-flag language milestones among high screen-time children.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Videos and Vocabulary: How Digital Media Use Impacts the Types of Words Children Know.Developmental science · 2026Article
- Dysregulated Screen Exposure Is Associated With Severity of Language and Communication Impairments in Children With Developmental Disorders.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
- Impact of Screen Time on Language Development and Vocabulary Acquisition in Early Childhood: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Developing language in a digital world.Trends in cognitive sciences · 2024Article
- Social interactions offset the detrimental effects of digital media use on children's vocabulary.Frontiers in developmental psychology · 2024Article
- Measuring Parents' Regulatory Media Use for Themselves and Their Children.Frontiers in developmental psychology · 2024Article
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aimMedia use is widespread and rising, but how often and for what purpose young children use media varies, which has differential impacts on development. Yet little work has measured how and why children under 36 months use digital media or media's consequences for language.
methodsThe current study measures how and why 17- to 30-month-old children use digital media and associations with their language abilities. The amount of use, type of activity and caregiver reasons for children's media use were then compared to the child's vocabulary and mean length of utterance.
resultsAbout 17- to 30-month-old children are primarily exposed to TV/videos over other media forms, which are often used to occupy children. Video time (but not other activities) negatively predicts children's language. The negative impact of videos on vocabulary persists regardless of the reason for use, however, the effect of videos on expressive language may be tempered when videos are used for education or connecting.
conclusionChildren under 36 months are using digital media at high rates. What they are doing and why they use media is critical to predict the effect it might have on language development. Further research and anticipatory guidance on the consequences of videos are needed.
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