Melody Terras|Judith Ramsay
Family Digital Literacy Practices and Children’s Mobile Phone Use
University of the West of Scotland|Manchester Metropolitan University
smart phones ubiquitous everyday life major impact work education social relationships modes communication children fastest growing population smart phone users use often focusing around internet access eg 1 3 internet users uk 18 years age despite widespread use relatively little known factors underpin childrens use home significant ecological context development recent research highlighted importance home environment promoting supporting development safe unsafe online behavior yet importance influences currently remains relatively unrecognized therefore paper present narrative review evidence examining parental practices concerning digital communication technologies applications particular focus smartphones relate use technology children emerging evidence date indicates two important factors play firstly parental technology use closely related child secondly despite parents frequently voiced concerns nature extent childs mobile phone use parents often engage number unsafe internet behaviors excessive phone use home environment review identifies two crucial lines enquiry yet comprehensively pursued researchers field firstly adoption psychological perspective childrens emergent behaviors mobile devices secondly influential role context given parental concerns possible negative impact technologies parental awareness raised influence behavior context internet safety along adoption good digital literacy practices anticipated comprehensive characterization associated contextual factors influencing smartphone use serve catalyst debate discussion future research