This study contributes to the ongoing debate on the relationship between digital technologies and early childhood (0-6 years) by analyzing data on Informa-tion and Communication Technologies (ICT) from the 2017, 2020, 2022, and 2024 reports of the International Family Studies Center (CISF). The dataset, representative of the Italian population based on gender, age, geographical distribution, municipal-ity size, and family structure, was filtered to include only households with at least one child aged 0-6 years. By examining longitudinal trends (2017-2024) in key indicators – namely, the average levels of digital media enjoyment and perceived constraints, the heteronomy index, and the classification of user profiles (marginalized, constrained, adapted, and hybridized) – the study outlines the evolving parental attitudes toward digital technology. Findings indicate a growing inclination toward media enjoyment, often accompanied by a sense of necessity-driven constraint. These trends suggest that the “hybridized family”, characterized by an integration of interpersonal relation-ships with technology-mediated interactions, is increasingly evolving into a “postdigi-tal family” within a data-driven environment. The second part of the study, leverag-ing the 2024 CISF dataset on families with at least one child aged 0-6, investigates the extent to which Artificial Intelligence has permeated Italian households. This analysis employs the Artificial Intelligence Homing Index (AIHI), with a focus on voice assis-tants (smart speakers), home automation, and other Internet of Things applications for domestic use. The findings, together with historical trends in Italian family structures, offer insights for media education research, particularly in relation to the concept of “domestication”.
L’articolo si inserisce nel dibattito sul rapporto tra digitale e minori della fascia 0-6 anni, analizzando i dati sull’Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) nei Rapporti 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024 del Centro Internazionale Studi Famiglia (Cisf ). Dal corpus dei dati, rappresentativo di campioni statistici della popolazione italiana per genere, età, area, ampiezza del comune di residenza e tipologia di famiglia, sono stati estratti quelli relativi solamente alle famiglie italiane con almeno un minore di 0-6 anni. Analizzando i trend negli otto anni 2017-2024 della media di piacere e costrizione nell’uso dei media digitale, dell’indice di eterono-mia e dell’indice di piacere e costrizione sulle tipologie di marginali, forzati, adattati, ibridati, si delineano le tendenze della postura dei genitori verso le tecnologie e il loro uso in famiglia, sempre più caratterizzato da un posizionamento di piacere verso i media digitali, molto spesso accompagnato anche da una percezione di costrizione necessaria. Tali trend rilevano come la “famiglia ibrida-ta”, caratterizzata dall’ibridazione delle relazioni interpersonali con quelle mediate dalla tecnologia, sia sempre di più una “famiglia postdigitale” in un contesto datificato. Infatti, la seconda parte dell’articolo, con riferimento ai dati Cisf 2024 riguardanti i nuclei con almeno un minore 0-6 anni, si chiede come l’Intelligenza Artificiale sia entrata nelle case delle famiglie d’Italia; per rispondere a tale interrogativo, si utilizzerà l’Artificial Intelligence Homing Index (AIHI), con un focus sugli assistenti vocali (smart speaker), la domotica e altre forme di Internet of Things per gli usi domestici. Tali dati e questi trend storici delle famiglie italiane interrogano l’approccio mediaeducativo rispetto alla prospettiva dell’“addomesticamento”.
Pasta, S., Rondonotti, M., Genitori zerosei anni e tecnologie tra percezione d’uso e datificazione: i trend nei Rapporti Cisf 2017, 2019, 2022 e 2024, <<MEDIA EDUCATION>>, 2025; 16 (1): 11-24. [doi:https://doi.org/10.36253/me-17306] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/317916]
Genitori zerosei anni e tecnologie tra percezione d’uso e datificazione: i trend nei Rapporti Cisf 2017, 2019, 2022 e 2024
Pasta, Stefano
;Rondonotti, Marco
2025
Abstract
This study contributes to the ongoing debate on the relationship between digital technologies and early childhood (0-6 years) by analyzing data on Informa-tion and Communication Technologies (ICT) from the 2017, 2020, 2022, and 2024 reports of the International Family Studies Center (CISF). The dataset, representative of the Italian population based on gender, age, geographical distribution, municipal-ity size, and family structure, was filtered to include only households with at least one child aged 0-6 years. By examining longitudinal trends (2017-2024) in key indicators – namely, the average levels of digital media enjoyment and perceived constraints, the heteronomy index, and the classification of user profiles (marginalized, constrained, adapted, and hybridized) – the study outlines the evolving parental attitudes toward digital technology. Findings indicate a growing inclination toward media enjoyment, often accompanied by a sense of necessity-driven constraint. These trends suggest that the “hybridized family”, characterized by an integration of interpersonal relation-ships with technology-mediated interactions, is increasingly evolving into a “postdigi-tal family” within a data-driven environment. The second part of the study, leverag-ing the 2024 CISF dataset on families with at least one child aged 0-6, investigates the extent to which Artificial Intelligence has permeated Italian households. This analysis employs the Artificial Intelligence Homing Index (AIHI), with a focus on voice assis-tants (smart speakers), home automation, and other Internet of Things applications for domestic use. The findings, together with historical trends in Italian family structures, offer insights for media education research, particularly in relation to the concept of “domestication”.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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