Research Roundup: Digital Media and Young Children

Authors

  • Annette Y. Goldsmith
  • Betsy Diamant-Cohen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.14n2.38

Abstract

The research on screen time, digital media, and young children is of great interest to families and the librarians who work with them, as evidenced by comments in the Preschool Services Discussion online and by the large number of participants at the Preschool Services Discussion Group meeting at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston. As a follow-up, this column will highlight a few studies regarding children and media and will also present a selection of media mentorship resources, including some collected by the Preschool Services Discussion Group (with thanks to Sue McCleaf Nespeca and Linda L. Ernst).

Author Biographies

Annette Y. Goldsmith

Annette Y. Goldsmith fills in this issue for Tess Prendergast while Tess concentrates on her doctoral studies. Goldsmith is a lecturer at the University of Washington Information School, where she teaches courses on storytelling, materials for youth, and libraries as learning labs in a digital age.

Betsy Diamant-Cohen

Betsy Diamant-Cohen is Executive Director of Mother Goose on the Loose, Baltimore, Maryland.

References

Amy Koester et al., Young Children, New Media, and Libraries: A Guide for Incorporating New Media into Library Collections, Services, and Programs for Families and Children Ages 0–5 (Little eLit: October 2014–May 2015), http://littleelit.com/book/.

Sarah Roseberry, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Roberta M. Golinkoff, “Skype Me! Socially Contingent Interactions Help Toddlers Learn Language,” Child Development 85, no. 3 (May–June 2014): 956–70.

Cynthia Chiong and Judy S. DeLoache, “Learning the ABCs: What Kinds of Picture Books Facilitate Young Children’s Learning?” Journal of Early Childhood Literacy 13, no 2 (2013): 225–41.

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Published

2016-06-22

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2016): Summer

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