Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: This study tested the relationship between parent-child co-viewing of television and the cognitive development of the child. Both survey and experiment methods were employed to find out the participants’ television viewing habits and their cognitive achievements after watching a pre-recorded programme under different conditions. The participants comprised five-year-old preschoolers from a childcare centre in Beijing, China. The findings indicated a positive relationship between parent-child co-viewing of television and the cognitive performance of the child as far as a specific programme was concerned but long-term effects of parent-child co-viewing on the general cognitive development of the child could not be established due to the limitations of the study.