NDLI: Sensitivity to parental play beliefs and mediation in young children's hybrid play activities

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Mouws, Karen Van Mechelen, Maarten Huyghe, Jonathan Mariën, Ilse Bleumers, Lizzy Zaman, Bieke
Abstract	Supporting young children's play in the digital world is a challenging endeavor. Little is known, however, about the parental beliefs and mediation practices regarding children's facilitated play in hybrid (mixed digital/physical) environments and how one can account for this through design. Following a Value Sensitive Design approach, we performed: 1) a conceptual literature investigation, 2) an empirical survey with 1398 parents of child(ren) aged 4-6 years, and 3) a technical investigation on online customer reviews of hybrid playful products for children. Our findings reveal the role of parents' mediation and beliefs in shaping young children's play. We provide designers with guidance to be accountable of the way design properties can foster parental play beliefs and support adult-child interaction. We conclude that young children's facilitated play in hybrid environments is shaped by both the social context in which it is enacted and the affordances provided through design.
Starting Page	170
Ending Page	177
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450335904
DOI	10.1145/2771839.2771857
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2015-06-21
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Design Facilitation Play Parents Intergenerational Research
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Sensitivity to parental play beliefs and mediation in young children's hybrid play activities