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Margaret Tresch Owen Lecture Series with Dr. Sarah Kucker
Friday, February 21, 2025 9:30am to 10:30am
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“Tech & Talking: How the pervasiveness of digital media impacts language development” with Dr. Sarah Kucker.
Digital media is now ubiquitous in the lives of even the youngest children. Growing evidence suggests it is increasingly impacting early development, including language acquisition during the first few years of life. Here, I take a deep dive into why and how the increasing prevalence of digital media changes young children’s language development by both altering their opportunities for social interactions and changing the linguistic content they are exposed to. I argue that instead of focusing on how much screen time is bad, we should instead focus on how and why digital media is used. Doing so allows for a fuller understanding of the pathways by which young children’s development will be impacted by an increasingly digital world.
Lectures are free and open to the public.
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Location
Callier Center Richardson Addition (CRA), CRA 12.110
2895 Facilities Way, Richardson, TX 75080
Department
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Center for Children and Families
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- Mariel Lopez
- 972-883-3876
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