Seeing is believing but is hearing?Comparing audio and video communication for young children
Video communication has been shown to create a sense of proximity between young children and parents. To determine if video affords a stronger sense of proximity and engagement than a traditional telephone, the current experiment employed a Separation and Reunion Paradigm with either a video-link o...
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| author | Joanne Catherine Tarasuik Jordy eKaufman Roslyn eGalligan |
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| description | Video communication has been shown to create a sense of proximity between young children and parents. To determine if video affords a stronger sense of proximity and engagement than a traditional telephone, the current experiment employed a Separation and Reunion Paradigm with either a video-link or an audio-link available to the separated dyad. Results revealed that during the separation with a video-link, more children remained content to be physically alone than during the audio-link, children played more and displayed more positive affect. This is the first empirical demonstration that video provides a stronger sense of proximity and enjoyment for young children than audio, suggesting that video is a more appropriate medium to meaningfully connect children to relatives during geographical separation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f923ba1db6824980ad5ce7126969d4252022-12-22T00:10:45ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782013-02-01410.3389/fpsyg.2013.0006440877Seeing is believing but is hearing?Comparing audio and video communication for young childrenJoanne Catherine Tarasuik0Jordy eKaufman1Roslyn eGalligan2Swinburne University of TechnologySwinburne University of TechnologySwinburne University of TechnologyVideo communication has been shown to create a sense of proximity between young children and parents. To determine if video affords a stronger sense of proximity and engagement than a traditional telephone, the current experiment employed a Separation and Reunion Paradigm with either a video-link or an audio-link available to the separated dyad. Results revealed that during the separation with a video-link, more children remained content to be physically alone than during the audio-link, children played more and displayed more positive affect. This is the first empirical demonstration that video provides a stronger sense of proximity and enjoyment for young children than audio, suggesting that video is a more appropriate medium to meaningfully connect children to relatives during geographical separation.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00064/fullChild DevelopmentCommunicationTelephoneVerbalSEPARATIONvideo |
| spellingShingle | Joanne Catherine Tarasuik Jordy eKaufman Roslyn eGalligan Seeing is believing but is hearing?Comparing audio and video communication for young children Frontiers in Psychology Child Development Communication Telephone Verbal SEPARATION video |
| title | Seeing is believing but is hearing?Comparing audio and video communication for young children |
| title_full | Seeing is believing but is hearing?Comparing audio and video communication for young children |
| title_fullStr | Seeing is believing but is hearing?Comparing audio and video communication for young children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seeing is believing but is hearing?Comparing audio and video communication for young children |
| title_short | Seeing is believing but is hearing?Comparing audio and video communication for young children |
| title_sort | seeing is believing but is hearing comparing audio and video communication for young children |
| topic | Child Development Communication Telephone Verbal SEPARATION video |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00064/full |
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