Children’s Experiences and Awareness about Impact of Digital
Media on Health

J 2018

Children’s Experiences and Awareness about Impact of Digital Media on Health

ČERNÍKOVÁ, Martina, David ŠMAHEL and Michelle WRIGHT

Basic information

Original name

Children’s Experiences and Awareness about Impact of Digital Media on Health

Authors

ČERNÍKOVÁ, Martina (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), David ŠMAHEL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Michelle WRIGHT (840 United States of America, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Health Communication, Abingdon, Routledge, 2018, 1041-0236

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50802 Media and socio-cultural communication

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.846

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/18:00100701

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2017.1298197

UT WoS

000428578100002

Keywords in English

media panic; third person effect; health risks; online risks; children

Abstract

V originále

Previous research has focused on the associations between technology use and children’s health, using mainly quantitative designs. This qualitative study describes technology’s impact on physical and mental health from children’s perspectives. The differences between children’s experiences and awareness of the health-related consequences associated with digital media use were examined. Focus groups and interviews were conducted with children between the ages of 9 and 16 in nine European countries (N = 368). Results of this study indicate that children’s experiences of health-related technology impacts are different from their awareness of these impacts. Children’s direct experiences with media were less extreme in contrast to their awareness of health problems, which typically involved extreme examples of possible consequences, such as killing people, kidnapping, blindness, and developing learning or psychological disorders. The results are discussed in the context of the “media panic” and “third person effect” theories.

Links

GA15-05696S, research and development project

Name: Tenká hranice mezi poruchou a zdravým životním stylem: zkoumání online chování dnešních mladých lidí (Acronym: THINLINE)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, The thin line between disorder and a healthy lifestyle: Investigating the online behavior of today’s youth

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ČERNÍKOVÁ, Martina, David ŠMAHEL and Michelle WRIGHT. Children’s Experiences and Awareness about Impact of Digital Media on Health. Health Communication. Abingdon: Routledge, 2018, vol. 33, No 6, p. 664-673. ISSN 1041-0236. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2017.1298197.

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