The Influence of Socio Economic Parent on Using Digital Media in Early Childhood
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- 10.2991/978-2-494069-35-0_48How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- parents; parent-child relationship; use of gadget; parents’ educational level; parents economic level
- Abstract
Technological advancements entering the industrial era 4.0 bring changes to all aspects of human life including children especially in their use of social digital media. This study aims to examine the effect of parents’ education level and economic level on their children’s use of digital media in early childhood. In this quantitative research, an online questionnaire bundle Surveillance of Digital Media habits in Early Childhood Questionnare (SMALLQ) was employed to measure the digital literacy of parents with younger children. This study involved 100 parents with an average age of 33.04 years, height 157.02 cm, and weight 56.41 kg. Their children consisted of 63 boys and 37 girls with an average age of 4.65 years, height 101.90 cm, and weight 17.06 kg. The results showed that the average use of digital media was still high, exceeding the guidelines of the WHO which recommends the use of digital media only one hour per day. This study also showed that the level of parents’ education had an effect on the use of gadgets, while the economic level of the parents had no effect on the usage of gadgets on the children. These results suggest that technology literacy is needed by parents in order to be able to regulate their children use of digital media.
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TY - CONF AU - Puji Yanti Fauziah AU - Yoyon Suryono AU - Soni Nopembri AU - Arumi Savitri Fatimaningrum AU - Erma Kusumawardani AU - Michael Chia AU - Terence Hua PY - 2023 DA - 2023/01/17 TI - The Influence of Socio Economic Parent on Using Digital Media in Early Childhood BT - Proceedings of the Unima International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (UNICSSH 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 388 EP - 395 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-35-0_48 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-35-0_48 ID - Fauziah2023 ER -