Reflections on technologies for studying children and media

ABSTRACT

There is a great opportunity for modern technologies to advance research on children and media. Noninvasive data collection and analysis of a large variety of behaviors and bodily functions are becoming more possible, affordable, and useable with children. These include brain imaging, genetic and epigenetic analysis, hormonal assays, eye tracking, actigraphy, point of view video recording, content analysis, and language analysis. The possibilities for entirely new perspectives and forms of knowledge are exciting and growing.