{"id":21344,"date":"2020-11-24T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=21344"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:42","slug":"young-kids-youtube-viewing-dominated-by-consumerism-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/24\/young-kids-youtube-viewing-dominated-by-consumerism-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Young kids\u2019 YouTube viewing dominated by consumerism, ads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"young boy watching YouTube on a tablet\" class=\"wp-image-21346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-665x374.jpg 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>(Michigan Medicine\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recent report by Michigan Medicine and non-profit Common Sense Media finds <a href=\"https:\/\/labblog.uofmhealth.org\/health-tech\/young-kids-youtube-viewing-dominated-by-consumerism-ads\">children are often consuming pervasive and inappropriate advertising, violence, and other questionable content while watching online videos<\/a>. Children ages eight and under are now spending more time on YouTube than ever before, with online video viewing for the first time surpassing live television and streaming video services like Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, one in four YouTube videos watched by children ages 0-8 were actually intended for older audiences, according to lead author<strong> Jenny Radesky<\/strong>, a developmental behavioral pediatrician and researcher at C.S. Mott Children\u2019s Hospital. \u201cWith growing access to mobile devices, even very young children are becoming avid YouTube consumers, even though this platform was designed for adults,\u201d says Radesky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent report by Michigan Medicine and non-profit Common Sense Media finds children are often consuming pervasive and inappropriate advertising, violence, and other questionable content while watching online videos. Children ages eight and under are now spending more time on YouTube than ever before, with online video viewing for the first time surpassing live television and streaming video\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/24\/young-kids-youtube-viewing-dominated-by-consumerism-ads\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[289,130,65,115],"class_list":["post-21344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-children","tag-research","tag-social","tag-video"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room.jpg",850,478,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-200x112.jpg",200,112,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-768x432.jpg",665,374,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-700x394.jpg",600,338,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room.jpg",850,478,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room.jpg",850,478,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room-665x374.jpg",665,374,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/young_boy_watching_youtube_on_tablet_in_room.jpg",400,225,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A recent report by Michigan Medicine and non-profit Common Sense Media finds children are often consuming pervasive and inappropriate advertising, violence, and other questionable content while watching online videos. 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