Balita dan Gawai (Sebuah Studi Komparasi Antara Balita yang Memiliki Gawai Pribadi dengan Balita yang Menggunakan Gawai Orang Tuanya)

Abstract

The high-tech, sophisticated electronic device with the small size we call the device or gadget, is now widely used not only by adults but also children. Some children even already have a personal device since the age of under five years (toddlers). This study was conducted in order to compare the behavior of toddlers who use personal devices and who use their parent’s devices. The methodology used in this research is a qualitative approach to the comparative study. The results of this study indicate that there is no significant behavioral difference in toddlers who use personal devices and toddlers who use parent’s devices. Behavior differences are seen from toddlers with the intensity of duration of high-use devices, unattended use, inconsistent rules and content used. The recommendations that can be given by the researcher is the need to be given media literacy and information for parents of a toddler, related to duration, content, and effect of usage of the device by a toddler.