Digital media use among school-aged dual language learners in Chinese American families

What is it about?

In a study of 120 Chinese-English dual language learners from low-income families, parents reported their early school-aged children's digital device ownership and daily digital media use time by content and language. We examined how children's digital media use content and language varied by gender, family SES, parents' length of time living in the U.S., and children's heritage and English proficiencies.

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Why is it important?

The study highlighted the heterogeneity and multiple facets of digital media use in Chinese-English dual language learners during early elementary school period. The heterogeneity in children's digital media use was tied to family socioeconomic characteristics and parents' length of time living in the U.S.