Charlie, 4

Favorite Media/Technology: Tablet

How do you and your family interact with media/technology?

Sometimes I watch Disney+ with my uncles, papa, and mommy; sometimes I don’t. I just watch stuff on my tablet sometimes. I play Sims on my mommy’s computer; I am a mermaid. When my Sim is out of the water, I am a human. When I am in the water, I am a mermaid.

How do you and your peers interact with media/technology?

We play outside and sometimes we stay inside; we do both things. I am on my tablet a lot and my phone a lot, I call people, I can call anyone I want. I usually facetime Callie and her mom Analicia, Callie is my friend. She lives in Connecticut.

What do you use media for?

I watch TV. I listen to music - I like country music. I have a pink tablet. I like to read books. I listen to the radio in the car. I have a phone but I can’t play games on it because it doesn’t have any. I just call people on my phone. I go on my white computer at home to play games like Barbie. I play on my Nintendo switch, I watch little kid videos on YouTube, and I watch SHE- RA on Netflix.

What is your favorite/least favorite thing about media/technology?

My pink tablet is my favorite. I like my games; I have so many games and I downloaded some today. My mommy always types stuff in my tablet, she helps me when stuff costs money. We cannot get ones that cost money, we need to save our money for Hawaii. I want to go to Hawaii.

What is one thing you want the people who create the media you like to watch/play/interact with to know?

I wish I could get everything free. I wish everything was free on my princess game.

What media are you using more now because of the coronavirus (COVID-19)?

I have to do my ABC Mouse. There is only one thing I like doing on my ABC mouse - I like changing my avatar.

Where do you get most of your information to learn more about the coronavirus (e.g., news, internet, parents, etc.)?

From my mommy [she works in a hospital] and from TV.

What lessons have you learned from COVID-19?

The virus gets people very, very sick. I am not scared of the Coronavirus; I am just scared of the dark.

Interviewed by: Brooke Francis, University of Cincinnati student