Examining the Impact of Video Reality-level to Support Transition from Screen Time to Screen-Free Time (TSSF)

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Kiyeal Seo, Jungwook Rhim, Gahgene Gweon

Published: 2024, Last Modified: 25 May 2026CHI Extended Abstracts 2024EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Transition from Screen time to Screen-Free time (TSSF) refers to stopping video-watching and transiting to other offline activities. Motivated from priming effect, we explore how video reality-level, which is the degree of using real elements in the video such as the backgrounds and characters, can affect children's TSSF. Children aged 3-10 were assigned to watch videos with three different reality-levels: low, mid, and high. A total of 83 parent-child dyads participated in a two-week between-subject experimental study. We analyzed four different aspects of TSSF: transition rate, problematic behavior, screen time dependence, and rule compliance. Our experiment showed that compared to children who watched low-reality videos, children who watched high-reality videos exhibited more successful TSSF in three aspects: transition rate, problematic behavior and screen time dependence.