This report examines children’s media literacy. It provides
detailed evidence on media use, attitudes and understanding among
children and young people aged 5-15, as well as about the media access
and use of young children aged 3-4.
The report also includes
findings relating to parents’ views about their children’s media use,
and the ways that parents seek – or decide not – to monitor or limit use
of different types of media.
The report is a reference for
industry, stakeholders and consumers. It also provides context to the
work Ofcom undertakes in furthering the interests of consumers and
citizens in the markets we regulate.
The Communications Act 2003
placed a responsibility on Ofcom to promote, and to carry out research
in, media literacy. This report on children and parents contributes to
Ofcom’s fulfilment of this duty.
- Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2019 (PDF, 4.3 MB)
- Children and parents: media use and attitudes – annex (PDF, 235.2 KB)
- Plant a rhieni adroddiad ar agweddau a defyndd o gyfryngau 2019 (PDF, 5.5 MB)
- Children’s Media Lives – Wave 6