INTERNET USAGE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN

Abstract

The paper presents the results of a survey devoted to identifying the online media usage of primary school-aged children (8–10 years old) living in Moscow. All in all, 142 questionnaires were analysed. As a result, it was found that the children predominantly watch the entertainment content created for kids and adolescents. In the meantime, the desire to communicate in online spaces starts to emerge, but so far it is mostly conditioned by necessity as all communication with parents, teachers, classmates and the like takes place on the Internet. If the children of this age do not have a gadget with Internet access, they will prefer to engage in activities traditional for their age group – they will play, walk, do creative work, read books.