• Human Ecology Research
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• 제61권2호
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• pp.169-182
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• 2023

This study aimed to investigate the mediating effect of the screen media time of young children on the relationship between mothers' reasons for allowing young children to use screen media and their children's ability to regulate screen media. The participants consisted of 614 children aged 5-6 (312 boys and 302 girls), and all the survey questions were answered by their mothers. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, structural equation modeling, and bootstrapping analysis were employed to analyze the data using SPSS 25.0 and Mplus 8.6. The results were as follows. First, mothers' educational and ritualized reasons for allowing young children to use screen media and children's screen media time directly affected young children's ability to regulate screen media. Second, children's screen media time mediated the relationship between mothers' educational and ritualized reasons for allowing their children to use screen media and children's ability to regulate screen media. When mothers permitted their children to use screen media for educational purposes, their children were likely to spend less time on screen media usage which, in turn, increased their ability to regulate screen media. Conversely, the more mothers allowed their children to use screen media for ceremonial purposes, the more time their children spent on screen media and the less ability they had to regulate screen media usage. These outcomes suggest that, to improve children's screen media regulation ability, mothers must not routinely allow their children to use screen media and should manage their children's screen media time.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.473-483
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• 2019

Smartphones are representative multimedia devices capable of various functions that have emerged due to the development of information communication technologies (ICTs). The popularization of smartphones has changed the way ICTs media is used; consequnetly, it is expected that smartphones will influence family life by changing family communications and time use. However, there is a gap between the empirical research on ICTs media and family. This study explores any correlations in the amount of time spent on smartphones between a husband and wife. We marged 1,444 married couples' media diaries from the 8th Korean Media Panel Survey (2017) to analyze the average amount of time spent on communications and leisure shopping using smartphones. The results show that husbands' time use for communication has increased similarly to wives' time use. In addition, husbands' time use for leisure and shopping was positively related to wives' time spent on communications and leisure shopping. The findings show that the use of smartphones is interrelated within the family and suggested that a family systems approach is needed in ICTs media research. Future studies will provide a deeper understanding of the impact of ICTs media and how families are using a variety of ICTs media devices such as smartphones.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.183-193
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of parental media use, parents' educational needs regarding media use, and parents' media guidance for children on the children's media use. Methods: The participants were 161 parents of elementary school children in the 1st and 4th grades. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires, and analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 19.0 IBM program. Results: The average times for watching television and using the internet in the children were 11.44 hours and 5.89 hours per week, respectively. Children's time watching television was influenced by parents' time watching television, children's gender (girl), and parents' educational needs. Children's television dependency was influenced by parents' educational needs, parents' time watching television, and parents' age (under 36 years). Time using the internet and internet dependency in the children were influenced by parents' educational needs, family monthly income (under 3 million won), and parents' guidance for children on watching television. Conclusion: The findings indicate that elementary school children's media use is influenced by parental media use, parents' educational needs, and parents' media guidance for children. Therefore parental factors should be considered in developing approaches to provide education programs to prevent media overuse in children.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.206-219
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• 2023

Objectives: Screen time refers to the time spent using screen media, such as televisions, smartphones, computers, or tablets. Excessive exposure to screen media has been reported to negatively impact young children's health and development, including overweight, short sleep duration, and language delays. This study examined the association of screen time and mealtime media use with dietary behaviors among preschool children. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on parents of children aged three to five years using the online questionnaires of the Nutrition Quotient for Preschoolers (NQ-P) and the Dietary Screening Test (DST). Data from 261 children's parents were analyzed. Results: Of the 261 children, 96.9% used screen media, 55.6% used screen media for two hours or more daily, and 30.7% were exposed to screen media during meals. The NQ-P scores were significantly lower in the children with longer screen time and mealtime media use. Children who used screen media for two hours or more and those exposed to screen media during meals consumed kimchi less frequently and confectionery and sugar-sweetened beverages more frequently than children who used less than two hours and were not exposed to screen media during meals. In addition, they were more likely to be picky about food, refuse to eat, and less likely to feed themselves than children with shorter screen time and no mealtime media use. Conclusions: This study reported an association between unhealthy dietary behaviors, feeding difficulties, and screen time and mealtime media use among preschool children. Further research should explore effective strategies for reducing children's screen time.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.395-406
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• 2014

본 연구는 최근 급증하는 청소년의 소셜 네트워크 서비스(SNS) 이용이 인터넷을 포함한 미디어 이용시간과 어떠한 상관관계가 있는지를 살펴보고, 그 관계구조 속에서 부모의 이용 제한과 대안활동 참여가 어떠한 매개효과로서 작동되는지를 검증하고자 한다. 이는 청소년의 올바른 미디어 이용 유도를 위해 부모를 통한 이용지도나 활동적 대안활동에 초점을 두는 다양한 가이드와 프로그램이 과연 효과가 있는 것인가에 대한 시사점을 제공하기 위함이다. 분석을 위해서 본 연구는 전국 초, 중, 고등학교 청소년 1572명을 대상으로 설문한 정보통신정책연구원의 "한국미디어패널조사" 자료를 이용하였다. 최종 분석대상은 성별은 남학생이 818명, 여학생이 754명이었고, 초등학생 672명, 중학생 416명, 고등학생 484명이었다. 연구에서 제안한 모형의 적합도 검증을 위해 구조방정식을 통해 분석한 결과, SNS 이용은 미디어 이용시간에 직접적으로 영향을 주는 것이 아니라 대안활동을 매개로 하여 간접적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 보호자의 이용제한은 미디어 이용시간에 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과는 진화하는 스마트미디어 환경에서는 더 이상 미디어 이용시간의 감소를 위한 부모의 이용제한 방식과 대안활동 참여가 유의하지 않은 이유를 찾고, 더 나아가 국가와 사회가 미디어중독 현상을 이해하고 해소 대안을 찾는데 의미있는 정책 시사점을 제안해 줄 것으로 기대한다.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제58권1호
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• pp.13-29
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• 2020

This study investigated the relationship between preschoolers' smart media usage in regards to cognitive and language development, especially the mediating effect of preschoolers' smart media addiction tendency and the moderated mediating effect of maternal guidance on smart media usage. The study surveyed 273 preschoolers' mothers who lived in Daegu City and Kyungpook Province. The findings of this study were as follows. First, preschoolers' smart media addiction tendency mediated the relationship between smart media usage time in regards to cognitive and language development. Second, maternal active mediation and monitoring moderated the relationship between preschoolers' smart media usage time and smart media addiction tendency. Third, there was a maternal co-use moderated the mediating effect of preschoolers' smart media addiction tendency on language development. In conclusion, preschoolers' smart media addition tendency mediated the effect of smart media usage time on cognitive and language development. Among the mediation pathways, the influence of preschoolers' smart media addiction tendency on language development was moderated by maternal co-use. The findings of this study suggest that maternal guidance should be applied differently depending on preschoolers' smart media addiction tendency. This study examined preschoolers' and maternal smart media-related variables on preschoolers' cognitive and language development in order to provide preliminary data that can be used to explore the maternal guidance on how to use smart media for their preschool children.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.21-36
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• 2022

Objective: The present study examined long-term effects of media use during early childhood on grit in middle childhood, focusing on the mediating role of attention problems. Methods: For statistical analysis, the 6th, 7th, and 11th data sets from the Panel Study on Korean Children were used. A total of 1,352 cases were finally selected. Descriptive statistics analysis, correlation analysis, path analysis, and bootstrapping were conducted. Results: The results showed that the use of media for educational purposes in early childhood did not have a significant effect on attention problems and grit. However, when the media use time for play in early childhood was longer, levels of attention problems in early childhood were higher and levels of grit in middle childhood were lower. The mediating effect of attention problems on the relationship between media use time for play of young children and grit of middle childhood was significant. Conclusion/Implications: Findings of the present study suggest that the use of media for play during early childhood needs to be carefully monitored because it can have a negative effect on attention and grit development.

• 한국학교보건학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.180-188
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the correlation between the motivations to use social media and self-control among female middle school students. Methods: This study is a cross-sectional descriptive study. To collect the data, 300 female students of S and E middle school in S city responded to a self-administered questionnaire asking about their motivation for social media use and self-control. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one way ANOVA, Scheffétest, Pearson's correlation, and stepwise multiple regression, using the SPSS/WIN 21.0 program. Results: The average time spent on social media was 3.70 hours. The mean scores of social media usage motivation and self-control were 48.15 and 58.47, respectively. The more average time spent on social media, the higher was the motivation to use social media. The scores of motivation to use social media were higher in students with low satisfaction of their school and family life. Students with low satisfaction of their school life had higher scores in some subcategories of self-control; preference to simple task, egocentrism, and stroppiness. Motivations to use social media showed a significant positive correlation with self-control. Self-control was affected by motivations to use social media and this variable explained 11.6% of self-control among female middle school students. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that we should develop programs which help improve students' self-control and prevent the side effects of social media use among female middle school students.

• 한국언론정보학보
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• 제41권
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• pp.145-180
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• 2008

이 연구에서는 인터넷이 일상생활에 도입되면서 전반적인 생활시간 패턴에 변화를 가져온다는 관점에서 연구문제를 설정하였다. 새로운 매체가 등장했을 때 기존의 전통적 매체이용 시간에 대한 대체 혹은 보완 여부에만 주목할 경우, '미디어 고립주의'에 빠질 위험이 있다. 이뿐만 아니라 연구 결과가 일관되지 못하다는 한계점도 지적되어 왔다. 따라서 인터넷 이용 행동이 일상적 활동 영역에 미치는 영향을 거시적으로 살펴볼 수 있도록 하기 위해 2000년과 2005년도의 국민생활시간조사 자료를 통시적으로 분석함으로써 기존 연구(이재현, 2005)에서 제안된 시간 재할당 가설을 검증, 보완하고자 하였다. 먼저 연령대별로 인터넷 이용자와 비이용자 간에 일상적 활동 영역 및 매체 이용 영역에서 나타나는 시간 소비량의 차이를 검정한 후, 유의미한 차이를 보인 활동 영역에 대해서는 로지스틱 회귀분석을 통해 인터넷 이용 유무에 따른 생활시간 이용 패턴의 차이를 종합적으로 살펴보았다. 연구 결과, 2000년도와 인터넷 사용자가 급증한 2005년도의 경우를 비교했을 때 대부분의 연령 집단에서 생활시간 패턴이 재조직화되고 있음을 확인하였으며, 특히 젊은 연령층일수록 시간 재할당 현상이 더 일찍, 더 뚜렷이 나타나는 경향을 보였다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.23-30
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• 2022

이 연구는 부모의 스마트폰 이용과 자녀의 스마트폰 이용의 관계를 살펴보기 위한 탐색적 연구로, 부모와 자녀의 스마트폰 이용시간이 유의미한 상관관계에 있는지 확인하고자 했다. 이를 위하여 정보통신정책연구원의 '한국미디어패널조사' 11차년도 자료를 활용하여 실증적 분석을 실시했다. 연구 결과, 부모가 스마트폰을 오래 이용하는 경우 자녀 역시 스마트폰을 오래 이용하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 정적 상관관계는 스마트폰 전체 이용 시간과 게임 이용시간에서 확인할 수 있었다. 이와 같은 연구 결과는 부모와 자녀의 스마트폰 이용 양식이 가족 이라는 단일 체계 내 구성원으로서 유사성을 보이고 있음을 시사한다. 이 연구는 개인의 미디어 이용을 가족, 미디어 이용 환경을 통해 설명하기 위한 기초 자료를 제공한다.