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When the Television Is Always OnHeavy Television Exposure and Young Children’s DevelopmentUniversity of Texas-Austin, evandewater{at}mail.utexas.edu
Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Austin Independent School District, Texas
University of Texas-Austin
University of California-Riverside
Kaiser Family Foundation In American homes, the television is on approximately 6 hours a day on average. Yet little is known about the impact of growing up in the near constant presence of television. This study examines the prevalence and developmental impact of "heavy-television" households on very young children aged 0 to 6 drawn from a nationally representative sample (N = 756). Thirty-five percent of the children lived in a home where the television is on "always" or "most of the time," even if no one is watching. Regardless of their age, children from heavy-television households watched more television and read less than other children. Furthermore, children exposed to constant television were less likely to be able to read than other children.
Key Words: young children • media use • heavy television use • household television • reading skills
American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 48, No. 5,
562-577 (2005) This article has been cited by other articles:
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