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Children's usage of media technologies and psychosocial factors

Jan Heim

SINTEF ICT, Oslo, Norway, jheim{at}Sintef.no

Petter Bae Brandtzæg

SINTEF ICT, Oslo, Norway

Birgit Hertzberg Kaare

University Of Oslo, Norway

Tor Endestad

University Of Oslo, Norway

Leila Torgersen

Norwegian Institute Of Public Health, Osio, Norway

Media use has changed considerably during the past five years and earlier research has produced contradictory results on how media use links to children's psychosocial factors. This study charts the access to and use of several media technologies among 825 Norwegian schoolchildren between 10 and 12 years of age. The questionnaire contained items concerning children's self-concept, parental monitoring and social competence. It found that children engage with different kind of media activities and some of these are significantly related to psychosocial factors, however, these correlations were in general quite small. Entertainment usage was associated with low scholastic competence. Both utility usage and heavy advanced usage of new media were related to self-perceptions of athletic competence. Low social acceptance was linked to Gameboy usage and advanced usage of media. Finally, there was a relationship between experienced parental monitoring and utility usage of media technology. The possible implications for these empirical relations are discussed.

Key Words: athletic competence • children and young people • media technologies • parental monitoring • psychosocial factors • scholastic competence • social acceptance • social competence

New Media & Society, Vol. 9, No. 3, 425-454 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1461444807076971
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