Michael Bittman|Leonie Rutherford|Jude Brown|Len Unsworth
Digital Natives? New and Old Media and Children's Outcomes
University of New England|Deakin University|University of New England|University of New England
current generation young children described digital natives born ubiquitous digital media environment envisaged educationally independent guided interaction provided digital immigrants parents teachers article uses data longitudinal study australian children lsac study development vocabulary traditional literacy children aged 0 8 years access digital devices parental mediation practices childrens use digital devices recorded timediaries finally association patterns media use family contexts childrens learning analysis shows importance parental context framing media use acquiring vocabulary suggests computer games use associated developed language skills independently factors raw exposure television harmful learning