Digital Media Use in Early Childhood

The book provides a necessary “real-world” look into young children’s use of digital technology, the potential benefits they provide, and the potential challenges they may create. * Choice *
Digital Media Use in Early Childhood is an important addition to research on children and technology. It avoids simple ideas and gives a detailed, realistic view of how children interact with digital media. * LSE Review of Books *
This fascinating book challenges established notions about children and technology and offers significant insights into issues such as digital parenting, screen time and learning through digital media. A must-read for researchers, educators and policy makers alike and will undoubtedly inform future global research and policy agendas in this area. – Jackie Marsh, University of Sheffield, UK
This book offers a complexified view of young children’s uses of technologies and appreciates diverse configurations of families. The book recognizes young children as rights holders in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It offers helpful insights for those working in early childhood and family contexts as educators, researchers, and policymakers. – Lori McKee, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
This timely book speaks eloquently to the poorly understood phenomenon of how digital technology plays out in the lives of young children. The authors report their rigorous empirical research with children from birth to age 5 years, whilst also reflecting on an important suite of studies they have conducted on this topic over recent years. Work such as this is much needed to fill the vacuum of reliable knowledge about the intersections between technology, parenting, childhood and a society that fails to understand the implications of tech for young lives yet is quick to judge parents who struggle to support their children’s tech use. It is a must-read for anyone interested in digital media use in early childhood. – Rosie Flewitt, Professor of Early Childhood Communication, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Lelia Green is Professor of Communications, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Leslie Haddon is a Guest Lecturer and Visiting Fellow in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Sonia Livingstone (OBE) is Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Brian O’Neill is Emeritus Professor, School of Media, Technological University Dublin, Ireland.

Kylie J Stevenson is Academic Chair of Graduate Research Training and Education at Murdoch University, Australia.

Donell Holloway is a retired Senior Research Fellow at Edith Cowan University, Australia.

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