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Latest report by Ofcom details how young children engage with different media
Latest report by Ofcom details how young children engage with different media

Contains hundreds of resources for practitioners working with children from early years to teenagers

Evidence shows pre-school children understand safety online at a time when many own a mobile device

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The latest report by Ofcom into media literacy among families includes for the first time a specific section for the under-fives detailing how very young children engage with different types of media.

Two years ago, the communications regulator reported that 20 per cent of children under the age of five in the UK owned their own mobile device. Its most recent investigation shows this has risen to half of all children aged three and four.

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