From ABCs to DVDs: Profiles of infants' home media environments in the first two years of life

Suzanne E. Mol; Susan B. Neuman; Gabrielle A. Strouse

doi:10.1080/03004430.2013.862531

From ABCs to DVDs: Profiles of infants' home media environments in the first two years of life

Suzanne E. Mol, Susan B. Neuman, Gabrielle A. Strouse

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Abstract

The very definition of print exposure has evolved in recent years as has the production of new media for infants and toddlers. Recognising that parents now have a confluence of media to select from, our study was designed to provide a richer understanding of home-literacy environments among 100 infants. Three profiles of families' home media environments emerged: (1) media abstainers, who neither knew much about baby books and DVDs nor owned them; (2) media knowers, who knew about baby books and DVDs, but chose to own many books and hardly any DVDs; and (3) media owners, who owned many baby books and DVDs, but appeared to have little knowledge about them. Parents who were readers themselves owned more baby books but fewer baby DVDs than parents with less print exposure. Results suggest a more complex understanding of print exposure in home environments than previously understood.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1250-1266
Number of pages	17
Journal	Early Child Development and Care
Volume	184
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2013.862531
State	Published - Aug 2014

Keywords

baby media
family profiles
home-literacy environment
infants
parent engagement
print exposure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Pediatrics

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