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ArticleInfancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies

YouTube Viewing and Content Quality in Toddlers.

Madalynn Woods, Maycee McClure, Alexandria Schaller, Heidi M Weeks, Bolim Suh, Simran Chaudhry, Aimee Tibbitts, Heather Kirkorian, Rachel Barr, Sarah M Coyne and 1 more

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11 authors.

Madalynn WoodsDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9129-7547
Maycee McClureDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Alexandria SchallerDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Heidi M WeeksDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3467-7987
Bolim SuhSchool of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9743-526X
Simran ChaudhryDepartment of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.
Aimee TibbittsSchool of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Heather KirkorianSchool of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7990-7777
Rachel BarrDepartment of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5855-9718
Sarah M CoyneSchool of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1403-8726
Jenny RadeskyDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7721-7350

Funding

Putting infants' media exposure in context: The Ecology of Media Use (EMU) studyP01HD109907 · NICHD · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI BARR, RACHEL F., COYNE, SARAH · 2022 to 2024
$1.7M
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R01HD102370NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD109907
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

YouTube is the most popular video-sharing platform for young children and is largely characterized by low content quality. This study examined associations between YouTube viewing in toddlers, family demographics, child executive functioning (EF) and YouTube content quality. Participants include 361 largely white/non-Hispanic (72%) parents and their 24-to 26-month-olds (50% female) in a community-based cohort study; data from the baseline wave is used in this analysis. Parents completed surveys and children completed three EF tasks (Snack Delay, Shape Stroop, Reverse Categorization task). Parents reported whether their child watched YouTube or YouTube Kids, and links to the last 10 videos viewed were collected. A total of 1032 videos were coded for 6 different features, and a total quality score was calculated for each video. YouTube viewing was very common: 258 (71.5%) toddlers watched YouTube or YouTube Kids versus 103 (28.5%) toddlers who never watched YouTube. YouTube viewing was associated with parent minoritized race/ethnicity, unemployment, single parenting, and higher child daily screen time. Videos had high levels of attention-capturing "bedazzling" features (39.1%) and vicarious pleasure (48.6%), but fewer had high levels of educational content (16.7%) or positive role modeling (15.4%). Child EF scores were not associated with the content of YouTube videos viewed. Predictors of higher-quality YouTube content viewing included higher income and children not attending childcare. These results have implications for both YouTube platform design and parent decision-making about content.

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Executive FunctionSocial MediaChild, PreschoolDigital MediaFemaleHumansMaleMedia ExposureParentsVideo Recording

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PMID41858033
PMCPMC13002997

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