Web sites for children

Rapid development of technology permits new forms of interactions with the use of internet technologies. Children web sites are great tools that combine education and entertainment which is also called as edutainment. The purpose of this study is to explore and to examine the content of children web sites in Turkey according to given information, entertainment, education, and interactivity. The analysis is based upon six children web sites in Turkey. A checklist was used to evaluate and describe different aspects of the web sites and web sites were categorized according to age groups they appeal to. The results of the evaluation were examined and discussed according to related literature. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved