Children's Use of Other Media
What are the other media children use?
Other media use compared to television:
Access to various media in the home
Time spent with different media
Statistics about children's use of computers:
Home Access
Digital Divide
(Home v. School access)
Computer Use: demographics
Actual time spent on computer
What do children do when they use the computer?
Children's preferences toward computers, compared to other media:
entertainment v. learning
..but what would they want on a deserted island?
Themes and Issues:
Education v. Entertainment
We are living in a multimedia world...multimedia crossovers
Carmen Sandiego
Pokemon
Zoog Disney
Girlz
and
Boyz
Channels
Gender differences
Socio-economic differences (race and income)
Protecting children:
Exploitation
Violence:
Independent Entertainment Software Rating Board
Advertising content
Parent/Child contracts
COPPA
: How to
comply
with COPPA
Other resources:
Kids and Media at the New Millenium
WiredKids.org
Children Now
