Nothing Tastes As Sweet As Screen Time: Understanding the Rules Parents Have for Media Use

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Abstract: The use of media as a means of entertainment, distraction, or as an education tool for children is commonplace. While some believe that technology is generally improving life, there exists only a small amount of research on how devices are impacting the development of the young children who spend so much time with their screens. As we begin to examine the effects of such devices on children an important question to answer is what regulations parents currently enact around how their children are allowed to use technology. In this study, I seek to determine how parents create technology regulations, or “screen time rules,” and how well they perceive the effectiveness of these rules? This work represents a first look at what constitutes “screen time rules” and how parents and caregivers across the country construct them.

Type of resource	text
Date created	May 2017

Author	Taaffe, McKayla
Advisor	Hancock, Jeff

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/nn230gm5068

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Preferred Citation: Taaffe, McKayla (2017). Nothing Tastes As Sweet As Screen Time: Understanding the Rules Parents Have for Media Use. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/nn230gm5068

Masters Theses in Media Studies, Department of Communication, Stanford University

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