Study: Family Engagement in an era of Internet-connected Devices

Findings 
(1.) Family members use more Internet-connected Devices, on a daily basis than the number of members in their family

(2.) Laptops and phones are owned by every family surveyed 

(3.) Family members prefer to:
(a.) watch TV and movies using Internet Streaming Services and in small groups or alone more often than as a whole family
(b.) listen to music using Internet Streaming Services and to listen to music on one device as a whole family
(c.) play board games or cards more often than they play digital games 

(d.) solve puzzles on their  phones/tablets just as often as they
(e.) solve traditional cardboard puzzles 

(f.) talk to each other without technology while at home

(4.)Parents prefer to communicate with their child(ren):
(a.) with some form of social media when their child(ren) are not home
(b.) teacher using some form of social media/email
(c.) about homework without using technology

(5.) Parents prefer to communicate with each other using some form of social media when they are away from home

Research Questions

1. How do families behave when they are home? 
1. How do they entertain themselves? 
2. How do they communicate? 
3. How do they engage with each other? 
2. What are the potential implications of using Internet-connected Devices? 
3. How does our brain handle distractions from Internet-connected Devices?

[Link to Study Presentation]