TYKES Team is Looking to Learn About Children Using Video Sharing Platforms

The TYKES team are interested in learning about how parents/carers in Norfolk view how children under the age of 6 are using (or not) video sharing platforms like YouTube, YouTube Kids, TikTok, etc.

This would involve a brief face-to-face or online interview.

The team are offering £10 in gift vouchers as a thank you for taking part in the project.

The overall aim of TYKES is to explore the role of YouTube Kids and similar video-sharing platforms (VSPs) as key locations of early years digital literacy development. We are working with parents, young children and early years digital literacy development. We are working with parents, young children and early years practitioners in Norfolk to map the uses, concerns, and engagements with these digital spaces.

Ultimately, the project will develop research publications, as well as working with parents, children, local nurseries, and libraries to develop early years digital literacy training based around the findings, alongside resources to develop critical understandings of digital literacy.

This study sits under the UEAHSCP LANTERN (Looked after children’s mental health research network) Research Group.