This report is an update of the Children and Interactive Media: A Compendium of Current Research and Directions for the Future report to the Markle Foundation from October 2000. This update examines the literature published on the topic between June 2000 and May 2002, focusing on children’s in-home use of interactive technologies. (In addition, this report is organized according to the categories of the original research compendium, including children’s use and access to interactive media; cognitive and social outcomes of such interactive media use, health and safety issues, and policy