Technology/Media Use in Early Childhood Education: Publication Trends in the U.S. from 2013 to 2022

This paper examines the research publication trends in the United States regarding the use of technology and media with or for young children (infants, toddlers, and preschoolers) from 2013 to 2022 after the joint National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and Fred Rogers Center (FRC) position statement was released in 2012 to indicate areas for further exploration. Articles were carefully selected with predetermined exclusion criteria within three chosen databases that cover professional and scholarly peer-reviewed journals in a variety of areas in education. The final 124 articles were analyzed and categorized with predefined categories: publication year, type of article participants, methodology, research setting, purpose(s) of study.