摘要:The present article examines cross-media use among 10- to 16-year-old Danish children andadolescents. Our research interest is in identifying and affirming patterns among media use,gender and age. Using a methodological design that combines qualitative and quantitativemethods, we interviewed participants regarding their media use and paired our qualitativefindings with quantitative rating inquiries generated from Danish commercial databases.Our results suggest that although cross-media use is complex and differs according to ageand gender, media are often used for similar purposes, e.g., sustaining social relationships