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This qualitative study explores Turkish parents’ perspectives on their children’s digital gaming behaviors, focusing on evaluation criteria, mediation strategies, and ludo literacy levels. Guided by the Parental Mediation framework, responses from 147 parents were analyzed using content analysis. Findings reveal children predominantly favor racing and sports games, indicating preference for dynamic and competitive gameplay. Parents demonstrate predominantly risk-focused and restrictive mediation approaches, with primary concerns centered on violence, inappropriate content, and addiction potential. Positive perceptions of games’ cognitive, social, or creative benefits remained secondary. Parents with higher educational backgrounds exhibited more advanced ludo literacy, evidenced by greater sensitivity to game mechanics and educational potential. Single-child households applied stricter monitoring and content control. The study underscores limited use of active mediation strategies and the need for balanced parental approaches recognizing both risks and educational affordances of digital games, suggesting importance of developing ludo literacy-based parent education programs.

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Parental Mediation and Children’s Digital Game Use: A Ludo Literacy Perspective on Playful Learning

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    2026年

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  • Aslihan Istanbullu,
  • Şirin Küçük-Avcı,
  • Murat Topal

摘要

This qualitative study explores Turkish parents’ perspectives on their children’s digital gaming behaviors, focusing on evaluation criteria, mediation strategies, and ludo literacy levels. Guided by the Parental Mediation framework, responses from 147 parents were analyzed using content analysis. Findings reveal children predominantly favor racing and sports games, indicating preference for dynamic and competitive gameplay. Parents demonstrate predominantly risk-focused and restrictive mediation approaches, with primary concerns centered on violence, inappropriate content, and addiction potential. Positive perceptions of games’ cognitive, social, or creative benefits remained secondary. Parents with higher educational backgrounds exhibited more advanced ludo literacy, evidenced by greater sensitivity to game mechanics and educational potential. Single-child households applied stricter monitoring and content control. The study underscores limited use of active mediation strategies and the need for balanced parental approaches recognizing both risks and educational affordances of digital games, suggesting importance of developing ludo literacy-based parent education programs.