Dear Parents,
A recent large-scale study that explores young people’s use of the full range of media and technology has been released by Common Sense Media. It offers a comprehensive picture of the use of media by kids, age 8 to 18 in the U.S., including the level of enjoyment, frequency of use, and amount of time devoted to a wide array of media activities and devices. This report may bring up some opportunities for further conversations with your children about:
- Boys and girls having very different media preferences and habits.
- Watching TV and listening to music dominating young people’s media diets despite the variety of new media activities available to them.
- Digital screen media being used for many purposes: reading, watching, playing, listening, communicating, and creating.
- Many teens multitask with media while doing their homework, and most thinking this has no effect on the quality of their work.
- But most important to me is young people’s engagement with media still consisting primarily of consumption rather than creation.
For more information, watch the Common Sense Media video and see their infographic or blog post for highlights here.
If you want to download the executive summary go to: https://bit.ly/csmediaexsum
If you want to download the full report go to: https://bit.ly/csmediarep
If anyone considers that this can be shared with other audiences, please do so.
Thanks,
Miguel Zambrano
Technology Learning Coordinator
Middle School – ISB