Media Use and Child Development
The Missing Curricular Link in Child and Family Social Work Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2501673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samantha Bate (0000-0002-2059-8332), Samantha Bates (0000-0002-0915-5709, The Ohio State University, corresponding author), Aesha John (0000-0002-2022-6408, Texas Christian University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 936-952 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Advances in Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1527-8565 • E-ISSN: 2331-4125 |
| Publisher | IUPUI University Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18060/26342 |
| OpenAlex | W4353038830 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
Social work practice with children and families is one of the largest specialization areas in the profession. To prepare students for this area of practice, social work programs often offer several courses focused on child, adolescent, and family well-being. Technology-related topics, however, such as the role of child and family media use on children's developmental outcomes, are underrepresented in social work curricula, courses, and textbooks focusing on children and families. To highlight the importance of this content, our teaching note synthesizes evidence on the impact of two forms of media (television viewing and smartphone use) on children's self-regulation and parent-child interactions. Although we focus on only two forms of media, our research synthesis links media use to emergent issues influencing child development and family functioning-content highly applicable to direct and indirect social work practice activities with children and families. We further draw upon our translational findings to advance social work education and practice by offering low- and high-effort strategies to embed this content in child and family social work courses. We conclude with implications and future directions for social work educators, practitioners, and leaders that describe opportunities to prepare students for a technology-driven future and to use technology strategically to fulfill our profession's mission and values
Child development · Curriculum · Developmental psychology · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Social media · Child Development and Digital Technology · Engineering · Medicine · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Infant Self-Regulation and Early Childhood Media Exposure
Children and Adolescents and Digital Media
The Immediate Impact of Different Types of Television on Young Children's Executive Function
Effectiveness of Universal Self-regulation–Based Interventions in Children and Adolescents
Technoference
Technoference
Getting a High‐Speed Family Connection
Impact of parents mobile device use on parent-child interaction
Media and Young Minds
Relationship Between Family Technoference and Behavior Problems in Children Aged 4–5 Years
Technologizing Bronfenbrenner
Social learning in the digital age
Children’s screen and problematic media use in the United States before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
Infants’ response to a mobile phone modified still‐face paradigm
Children’s Media Use and Self-Regulation Behavior
Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Part 1
Technology-assisted interventions for parents of young children
Media Time = Family Time”
Effects of Sesame Street
Video Interaction Guidance
School readiness
More than resisting temptation
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |