What are the characteristics of “good” apps for young children? Perceptions of industry stakeholders

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Autor(a) principal: Dias, Patrícia
Data de Publicação: 2022
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/39492
Resumo: Young children have become keen users of mobile digital devices. The “hAPPy kids” project mapped the views of different stakeholders - parents, children and industry - on the characteristics of “good” apps - that is, safe and beneficial for the development of children - and on the criteria for selecting and developing them. This article presents the perceptions of industry stakeholders such as digital content developers and broadcasters, policy-makers, and experts from the fields of Education and Psychology, gathered from 17 interviews with a purposive sample. They are aware of the demands of parents - learning and safety - and of children - fun and entertainment. They try to address both, and also value technical aspects of user experience.
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spelling What are the characteristics of “good” apps for young children? Perceptions of industry stakeholdersYoung childrenDigital mediaMobile mediaAppsPracticesPerceptionsDevelopmentCrianças pequenasMedia digitaisDispositivos móveisPráticasPercepçõesDesenvolvimentoYoung children have become keen users of mobile digital devices. The “hAPPy kids” project mapped the views of different stakeholders - parents, children and industry - on the characteristics of “good” apps - that is, safe and beneficial for the development of children - and on the criteria for selecting and developing them. This article presents the perceptions of industry stakeholders such as digital content developers and broadcasters, policy-makers, and experts from the fields of Education and Psychology, gathered from 17 interviews with a purposive sample. They are aware of the demands of parents - learning and safety - and of children - fun and entertainment. They try to address both, and also value technical aspects of user experience.As crianças pequenas tornaram-se utilizadores hábeis dos dispositivos digitais. O projeto “hAPPy kids” mapeia as visões de diferentes stakeholders - pais, crianças e indústria - sobre as características de “boas” apps - ou seja, seguras e benéficas para o desenvolvimento das crianças - e sobre os critérios que usam para as selecionar e desenvolver. Este artigo apresenta as percepções dos stakeholders da indústria tais como criadores e difusores de conteúdos digitais, reguladores, e peritos nas áreas da Educação e da Psicologia, recolhidas através de 17 entrevistas a uma amostra intencional. Eles estão conscientes das exigências dos pais - aprendizagem e segurança - mas também das preferências das crianças - diversão e entretenimento. Tentam conciliar ambas, preocupando-se também com os aspetos técnicos da user experience.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaDias, Patrícia2022-12-07T10:17:38Z2022-03-282022-03-28T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/39492eng1646-595410.15847/obsobs1612022169185142773299info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-23T01:42:59Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/39492Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:32:19.606776Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title What are the characteristics of “good” apps for young children? Perceptions of industry stakeholders
spellingShingle What are the characteristics of “good” apps for young children? Perceptions of industry stakeholders
Dias, Patrícia
Young children
Digital media
Mobile media
Apps
Practices
Perceptions
Development
Crianças pequenas
Media digitais
Dispositivos móveis
Práticas
Percepções
Desenvolvimento
title_short What are the characteristics of “good” apps for young children? Perceptions of industry stakeholders
title_full What are the characteristics of “good” apps for young children? Perceptions of industry stakeholders
title_fullStr What are the characteristics of “good” apps for young children? Perceptions of industry stakeholders
title_full_unstemmed What are the characteristics of “good” apps for young children? Perceptions of industry stakeholders
title_sort What are the characteristics of “good” apps for young children? Perceptions of industry stakeholders
author Dias, Patrícia
author_facet Dias, Patrícia
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Dias, Patrícia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Young children
Digital media
Mobile media
Apps
Practices
Perceptions
Development
Crianças pequenas
Media digitais
Dispositivos móveis
Práticas
Percepções
Desenvolvimento
topic Young children
Digital media
Mobile media
Apps
Practices
Perceptions
Development
Crianças pequenas
Media digitais
Dispositivos móveis
Práticas
Percepções
Desenvolvimento
description Young children have become keen users of mobile digital devices. The “hAPPy kids” project mapped the views of different stakeholders - parents, children and industry - on the characteristics of “good” apps - that is, safe and beneficial for the development of children - and on the criteria for selecting and developing them. This article presents the perceptions of industry stakeholders such as digital content developers and broadcasters, policy-makers, and experts from the fields of Education and Psychology, gathered from 17 interviews with a purposive sample. They are aware of the demands of parents - learning and safety - and of children - fun and entertainment. They try to address both, and also value technical aspects of user experience.
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