A domesticação de ecrãs na infância: usos e mediação parental em meios citadino e rural

Carla Cruz; Catarina Franco; Fábio Anunciação; Maria João Cunha

doi:10.17231/comsoc.37(2020).2411

Authors

Carla Cruz Public Policy Research Center, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0523-0350
Catarina Franco Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4759-8244
Fábio Anunciação Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8782-8481
Maria João Cunha Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0325-5709

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.37(2020).2411

Keywords:

screens, childhood, uses and mediation, domestic spaces, urban context, rural context

Abstract

The aim of this study was both to characterize screen use by children in domestic spaces depending on their urban or rural contexts and how their families intervene. For this purpose, four focus groups were applied to four- and five-year old children living in Lisbon and Vila Pouca de Aguiar, in Vila Real district. Eight parents from both contexts were interviewed. The main conclusions are: 1) in rural contexts, rather than in the city, children use more screens; 2) parents from both contexts are accountable for children’s access to screens, especially smartphones and tablets; 3) the main explanation is parents’ concern with children’s social exclusion in case they don’t use screens; and 4) parents from urban context reveal more risk awareness concerning their children’s exposure to technological devices.

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