Teenagers’ reflections on media literacy initiatives at school and everyday media literacy discourses
| Autor: | Bart Vanhaelewyn, Koen Ponnet, Tom De Leyn, Ralf De Wolf, Lieven De Marez, Cato Waeterloos |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
Communication media_common.quotation_subject Emancipatory Approach Media studies Social Sciences Target population Discourse Protectionism Teenagers Education Media Literacy Perception Digital native Public discourse Media literacy Sociology Citizenship Meaning (linguistics) media_common |
| Zdroj: | JOURNAL OF CHILDREN AND MEDIA |
| ISSN: | 1748-2798 1748-2801 |
| Popis: | Often coined as digital natives, contemporary teens are ascribed a paradoxical status of skilled but vulnerable media users. Therefore, media literacy initiatives often target young audiences in order to mitigate detrimental media effects as well as to facilitate emancipatory media engagements. The literature on media literacy draws from diverse disciplines (e.g. educational sciences, media studies) and examines a wide range of thematic areas (e.g. privacy, news, citizenship). However, the voices of those who are the target population of media literacy policy and research are seldom heard. We identify the absence of teenagers’ perceptions and experiences as a limitation in contemporary debates on media literacy. Therefore, this study aims to shed light on how teenagers give meaning to media literacy, how they perceive the contemporary discourse on the importance of media literacy for teens, and in which way they encounter concrete media literacy initiatives at school. Based on in-depth interviews with 31 high-school students between 16 and 18 year old, we found how teenagers primarily have a risk discourse in mind when talking about media literacy. Contextualizing these perceptions, it became clear that both the public discourse and media literacy initiatives largely draw from protectionist approaches. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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