Growing Up between Screens: Use of electronic devices by children (3-8 years)

This report, developed in partnership with the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, presents the results of the 3rd edition of the Regulatory Authority for the Media project "Public and Media Consumption". The main analytical theme of this edition is the use of electronic media by children (3-8 years-old), in Portugal (2016).

It seeks to identify the screen environments (televisions, computers, consoles, mobile phones, tablets...) in which children of these ages live, how they access and use them, how their parents monitor their use and their attitudes and concerns.

The study includes two components:
1. the first national survey on this topic, carried out face-to-face in 656 homes, which included a questionnaire for the parents of children aged from 3 to 8 and a questionnaire for children aged from 6 to 8;
2. interviews and observations in the homes of 20 families with different profiles and with children aged 3 to 8 who use the internet.