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The tablet is my BFF: practices and perceptions of children under 8 years old and their families

dc.contributor.authorBrito, Rita
dc.contributor.authorDias, Patrícia
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-02T15:48:58Z
dc.date.available2021-09-02T15:48:58Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the practices of children under 8 years old with a tablet, focusing particularly on the home setting and on learning activities. Previous research has shown that children are being born in digital homes and coming into contact with digital media at increasingly younger ages. Also, the tablet is young children’s favourite device. Our approach is qualitative, using interviews with families, articulated with activities suitable for children of this age range, and also participant observation. Our results show that the tablet is the children’s favourite, due to the variety of activities it facilitates and also its portability, and children frequently have their own personal device. Their preferred activities are games, usually related to cartoon characters or toys that they already like, and these are significantly gendered. Children reveal developed digital skills, about which parents are frequently unaware. Both for parents and children, the 1 britoarita@gmail.com tablet is regarded as a “toy”, and thus its pedagogical potential is under-explored. However, children learn other types of skills, such as problem solving, and independence. Most parents believe that children are not yet, at such a young age, exposed to many online dangers, mostly because they do not interact in social networks. Hence, parents monitor time of use, but not content. Yet children are actually exposed to risks, mostly on YouTube.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn9789898525482
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/34624
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherUniversidade do Minhopt_PT
dc.subjectChildren under 8pt_PT
dc.subjectYoung childrenpt_PT
dc.subjectTabletpt_PT
dc.subjectUse practicespt_PT
dc.subjectLearningpt_PT
dc.subjectDigital technologiespt_PT
dc.titleThe tablet is my BFF: practices and perceptions of children under 8 years old and their familiespt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceBragapt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage42pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage35pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleThe Digital Literacy and Multimodal Practices of Young Children: Engaging with Emergent Researchpt_PT
person.familyNameBrito
person.familyNameNunes da Encarnação Marques Dias Soares
person.givenNameRita
person.givenNameFátima Patrícia
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person.identifier.ciencia-idFE10-B528-DF32
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-2393-2092
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-7948-4439
person.identifier.scopus-author-id57194831391
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rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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