The importance of digital technology in our daily lives is now bigger than ever. Both adults and children spend much of their time using digital technology, whether this is done consciously or not. Nowadays, children become aware of digital technology quite early on, which depends mostly on their parents. Parents are the ones who introduce technology to their children and start digitally educating them. Parent’s opinions and views on the early use of digital technology of their children are of course different. In my thesis, I have determined how and in what ways young children (aged 0-5) form part of the digital world, which media they are using, and to what extent. I have also gained perspective on parents’ opinion of their children’s digital devices/gadgets use, and whether they impose restrictions on the content and the amount of time spent. Lastly, I have analysed the viewpoints parents have concerning the positive and negative impact of digital technology on their children. Data for the analysis have been collected using in-depth interviews with eight parents.
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