YouTube offers a very mixed potpourri of content. On the one hand, there are a lot of trivial things and also content that I personally consider questionable for children and young people. On the other hand, there are also channels that process scientific information in an understandable and yet correct way for a broader audience – or simply convey facts in an entertaining way. More and more often, YouTube is also used as a learning platform a survey revealed.
At least one survey conducted by the market research institute Statista among 1,000 parents and legal guardians of children between the ages of 6 and 18 came to these and other results. According to the survey, parents and guardians observe positive effects such as more independence in learning (42%), improved knowledge of English (32%) or better knowledge of current news (28%).
Many parents know and use supervisory functions or YouTube Kids as options for their children. One in four parents or guardians (25 percent) of a child ages 6 to 9 say they use YouTube Kids. Many parents also block content (52%) or limit usage time (40%).
According to the survey, YouTube is the most frequently used of all internet offers for learning at 51%. Incidentally, Google search came second with 50% and Wikipedia came third with 43%. I find it rather misleading that the search appears, because it doesn’t provide any information itself, but rather links to other sources. Be that as it may, according to the survey, 82% of those surveyed see positive effects on the knowledge base of the kids through YouTube use.
Should we accept all this? That is hard to say. Personally, I don’t think any platform is good or bad per se, it rather depends on how it’s used. YouTube can become a haven of triviality and tackiness, but it can also be a wellspring of knowledge. The use by the children is in turn decisively influenced by the parents, the school and of course the peer group. It’s good when parents get to grips with YouTube, give the children both limits and freedom, and then observe what the kids make of it and, of course, talk to them directly about it.
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