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- Title
Digital natives? New and old media and children's language acquisition.
- Authors
Bittman, Michael; Rutherford, Leonie; Brown, Jude; Unsworth, Leonard
- Abstract
The article presents a study that investigates the development of Australian children's language as they grew and information about the particular children's generation known as digital natives. Researchers found that television has negative impact on their educational achievement and cognitive development because it disrupted their concentration. They also discovered that controlling their Internet access positively impacted their word recognition abilities.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; CHILD development research; ACADEMIC achievement; WORD recognition; INTERNET &; children; TELEVISION &; children
- Publication
Family Matters, 2012, Issue 91, p18
- ISSN
1030-2646
- Publication type
Article