Orig. title: Young Children (0-8) and Digital Technology -A qualitative study across Europe
Engl. transl.: Young Children (0-8) and Digital Technology -A qualitative study across Europe
Study details
| Year: | 2016 |
| Scope: | Multinational |
| Countries: | Belgium; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; Germany; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Malta; Netherlands; Norway; Portugal; Romania; Slovenia; Spain; Switzerland; United Kingdom |
| Methodology: | Empirical research – Qualitative |
| Methods of data collection: | Ethnography / participant observation; Interview |
| Researched Groups: | Children; Parents; Families |
| Children Ages: | Preschool (0-5 Years old); Kids (6-10 Years old) |
| Funder: | JRC |
| Funder Types: | European Union / Commission |
| Has Formal Ethical Clearance: | Yes |
| Consents: | Consent obtained from parents; Consent obtained from children |
| Informed Consent: | Consent obtained |
| Ethics: | Ethical considerations and/or protocol mentioned in the research design |
| URL: | https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC110359 |
| Data Set Availability: | Not mentioned |
Goals
They focus on the following research questions in a first round of interviews of 234 families with
children aged 0-8 made between autumn 2014 and spring 2017, in the pilot and enlargement
phases of the study:
• How do children under the age of 8 engage with digital technologies?
• How do the different family members perceive them?
• How do parents manage their younger children’s use of technologies?
• What role do they play?
• What are the associated risks and opportunities?
A second round of interviews (advanced phase of the study) allowed to get back in 56 families
of the interviewed families, in 10 of the 21 countries (²), a year after the first interviews, and
focused on the following research questions.
• How did the engagement of children under the age of 8 with online technologies
evolve over the course of a year?
• How did the perceptions of the online technologies by the different family members evolve over the course of a year?
• How did parents’ mediation of young children’s use of online technologies evolve
over the course of a year?
• Has the role that the online technologies play in the children’s and parents’ lives
changed over a year?