Table 1 Children’s screen time content definitions
Definition |
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Education preschool-aged • Coherent and integrative narrative (show/movie/video only) • Language/topic appropriate for preschool-aged child • Labelling or finding objects and/or speaks directly to the child throughout the program • May provide opportunities to respond verbally • May be labelled as a show/game for preschool-aged children |
Education school-aged • Coherent and integrative narrative (show/movie/video only) • Language/topic appropriate for school-aged children • May be labelled as a show/game for school-aged children |
Entertainment • Non-adult content that does not involve labelling or finding objects and/or speaks directly to child • May not have a coherent and integrative narrative • Does not provide opportunities to respond verbally |
Adult • Adult appropriate language and topics, including sports • May be labelled as a show/game for adults |
Other • Non-adult content that does not involve labelling or finding objects and/or speaks directly to child throughout programming • Not enough detail provided by parent (e.g., only station/network provided) • Activity based programming (e.g., yoga) |