The Impact of Media Parental Supervision, Guidance, and Education on Early Childhood Media Use Time

This study analyzed the types of media use according to the level of media use by parents' media supervision, guidance, and education.The research data was analyzed using the 2023 Early Childhood media Use Survey raw data from the Korea Press Foundation.Of the 2,675 children in total, 985 children aged 3 to 6 were analyzed in this study.The research contents were as follows: First, the effect of parental supervision and guidance on media use by media type on the usage time by media type.Second, the effect of parental and media education on the usage time by media type was examined.The results of the study showed that parental supervision and guidance on media use by media type did not affect TV but did have an effect on computers, smartphones, and tablet PCs.However, there was no statistically significant difference in television viewing time, smartphone usage time, tablet usage time, and total media usage time.There was no statistically significant difference in media usage time depending on whether or not media education was provided for children.The research results suggest that it is necessary to develop new guidelines for media guidance for young children regarding parental education and guidance methods for young children regarding media guidance for young children.Regarding media usage time according to media parent education and early childhood education experience, it was found that the group that received parent education had longer computer usage time for young children.This suggests that it is necessary to strengthen parents' continuous media-parent education and examine the pros and cons of desirable media-parent education methods.Examining the effectiveness of media education methods, educational content, and guidelines for young children regarding media over-reliance education currently being conducted in kindergartens and daycare centers is necessary.