Children's Media Barometer 2010

The barometer was collected as part of a research project funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland and it aimed to investigate children's media use and their relationship with the media in the year 2010. The data were collected from families that had children aged 0-8, and the parents of the children responded to the survey. In the survey, media include television, the Internet, digital games, mobile phone, the radio and music, and print media. The respondents were asked how well they knew the media contents their children used, how important they regarded different things when selecting content for their children, and which media devices their children had access to at home. The respondents were asked whether their children used different media (television and films, the Internet, digital games, mobile phone, radio and music, and print media), in which format / on which device and how often, and what kind of content they accessed using each medium. For digital media, additional questions charted whether there were rules in place regarding the use of each medium in the family, and who accompanied the children when they used the media. Opinions were charted on age restrictions/ratings and child protection from harmful content on TV, films, the Internet and digital games. Finally, the respondents were asked how often they had noticed effects or changes in their children caused by the use of media (e.g. the child wanted to have a product seen in the media, the child acted restlessly or aggressively after media use, the child learned foreign language through media). Background variables included the respondent's role (mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, other guardian), age, education, region, and type of neighbourhood of residence as well as the number of guardians in the household, and ages and genders of children. In addition, there were background variables charting information on the child on whose behalf the parent responded, which included the child's year of birth, gender, special characteristics that affect media use (e.g. disability), whether the child had a room of his/her own, and the child's reading and writing level.

本数据集作为芬兰教育与文化部（Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland）资助的一项研究课题的组成部分采集于2010年，旨在调研儿童媒介使用（media use）状况及其与媒介的关联。数据采集自有0至8岁儿童的家庭，由儿童家长完成问卷作答。问卷所涵盖的媒介类型包括电视、互联网、数字游戏、移动电话、广播与音乐，以及印刷媒介。受访者需作答的问题包括：对子女所使用的媒介内容的了解程度、为子女筛选媒介内容时重视的各类评判标准，以及子女在家中可接触到的媒介设备类型；子女是否使用各类媒介（电视与影视、互联网、数字游戏、移动电话、广播与音乐、印刷媒介）、使用的形式/依托设备、使用频率，以及通过每种媒介接触的具体内容类型。针对数字媒介，额外设置了调研问题，以记录家庭是否针对各类媒介的使用制定了相关规则，以及子女使用媒介时是否有陪同人员。调研内容还包括针对电视、影视、互联网与数字游戏的年龄限制/分级制度以及有害内容儿童保护措施的相关看法。受访者需回答观察到子女因使用媒介而产生的影响或变化的频率，例如子女想要拥有媒介中出现的产品、子女在使用媒介后表现得躁动或具有攻击性、子女通过媒介学习外语。背景变量涵盖受访者的身份（母亲/继母、父亲/继父、其他监护人）、年龄、受教育程度、居住地区与社区类型，以及家庭中监护人数量、子女的年龄与性别。此外，还设置了关于受访者代为作答的子女的背景变量，包括子女的出生年份、性别、影响媒介使用的特殊特征（例如残疾）、子女是否拥有独立房间，以及子女的读写水平。