Interactive Childhood Influence Model, 1900–2020

Adjust the W (relational primacy) weight for each channel and watch the allocation re-balance live. T (time exposure) values are held fixed at the documented empirical anchors; W is the modeling parameter you control. Broadcast channel bundles radio and TV (radio dominant pre-1948, TV post-1948).

Model limitation: Illustrative model, not measured shares of moral formation. Percentages reflect estimated contact time and judgment-based weights, depend on the assumptions selected, and do not establish causal effects.

How the model works. For each 5-year period, each channel's score = T × W. Scores are normalized so each year sums to 100%. The peer-split slider determines what fraction of algorithmic exposure is reallocated to Peers (since friend-mediated content is both algorithmic and peer interaction). Default T values are the literature anchors documented in Defensible_TandW_Assembly.md; pre-1965 T values are reconstructions from school enrollment, broadcast penetration, female labor-force participation, and religious affiliation series.

Presets

W weights

Peer / Algorithm split

% of algorithmic exposure counted as Peers
0%

Year detail

Year 2020