Media Education at Homes

Media education at Homes. From Digital Natives to the Collaborative

Development of Media Competence

Reijo Kupiainen* **, Elina Noppari* & Niina Uusitalo* *University of Tampere

** Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Twitter: @rkupiainen Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/rkupiainen

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Media education at Homes

Reijo Kupiainen* **, Elina Noppari* & Niina Uusitalo* *University of Tampere

** Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Twitter: @rkupiainen Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/rkupiainen

http://www.slideshare.net/rkupiainen

The study• Longitudinal study Children’s Media Environment in

Change 2007-2016

• The research is to be repeated four times among to same participant group at intervals of three years in a mid-sized city and rural areas around the city in western Finland.

• The study has four theme areas: (1) children’s media use, (2) media as a social environment, (3) media culture as a commercial area and (4) children’s media competence.

Research years and age-groups

2007 5 8 11 14

2010

2013

2016

5 8 11 14

5 8 11 14

5 8 11 14


2007 5 8 11 14

2010

2013

2016

5 8 11 14

5 8 11 14

5 8 11 14

”differences in age groups”


2007 5 8 11 14

2010

2013

2016

5 8 11 14

5 8 11 14

5 8 11 14

”Individual changes, media history”



2007 5 8 11 14

2010

2013

2016

5 8 11 14

5 8 11 14

5 8 11 14

”Individual changes, media history””changes in age cohort”


Data

Media mascots given to 5-year-

olds 2013

Media diary of 11- and 14-year-olds, task of a day four: ”My favourite media content”

• Media diaries • Media tasks (drawing, photographs, writing) • Media mascot • Demographic questions for parents • Background forms for children and parents • Observation in a home environment • Qualitative interviews of children • Anonymous web survey about sensitive topics

(bullying, online sexual harassment, K-18 content)

”Media in my life” A drawing of a 14-year-old girl

2007

Media education at homes: How does it look

like?

Source: EU Kids Online: Helsper, E., Kalmus, V., Hasebrink, U., Sagvari, B. & de Haan, J. (2013) Country classification: Opportunities, risks, harm and parental mediation. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/52023/

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/52023/

Source: EU Kids Online: Helsper, E., Kalmus, V., Hasebrink, U., Sagvari, B. & de Haan, J. (2013) Country classification: Opportunities, risks, harm and parental mediation. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/52023/

Source: EU Kids Online, Factsheet, Finland. http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/EUKidsOnline/EU%20Kids%20III/Classification/EUKOCountryFactsheet-Finland.pdf

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/52023/

http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/EUKidsOnline/EU%20Kids%20III/Classification/EUKOCountryFactsheet-Finland.pdf

More pressures for media education

“The use of media is a daily question. We talk a lot about suitable times for media use. He uses the phone a lot and we argue because he would like to play games. When he got the phone, we had to restrict much of his gaming, but we cannot monitor it all the time. The amount of media use brings much worry and questions.” (BF, a parent of an 8-year-old boy, 2013)

“My concern is when children join social media, for example Facebook, etc. All material uploaded to it is “eternal.” Children may become bullied or it may create pressures to behave in a certain way if, for example, peers upload certain type of photos to it.” (BF, a parent of an 8-year-old girl, 2013)

11- and 14-year-olds: ”I discuss with my parents the content of a television

program or a video game”

0

12,5

25

37,5

50

2007 N=27 2010 N=29 2013 N=17

0

21

42

11

40

30

11-year-olds 14-year-olds

Parents: ”How often do you discuss with your child the content of tv-programs or games (plot, characters etc.)?”

Answers: ’every day’

0

15

30

45

60

2007 N=27 2010 N=27 2013 N=20

2215

54

1814

45


”How often do you discuss with your child about the online safety and behaviour?”

Answers: ’every day’, ’once a week’ and ’few times in a month’

0

20

40

60

80

2007 N=27 2010 N=27 2013 N=20

44

77

54 5557

79


Increasing difficulties to mediate children’s media use

“Monitoring is really hard, all you can hope is that upbringing and discussion help the child.” (BF, parent of an 11-year-old boy, 2013)

“Over three years, use of the computer has increased. Previously, we had one laptop and now we have four. Everybody has a personal laptop, which is open all the time, even when nobody is on the computer. A child watches the television only regularly and does not listen the radio at all. He carries his laptop always with him, at the summer cottage and abroad. When cousins (15- and 17-year-olds) are at the summer cottage, everybody has their own laptop and they play side by side.” (BF, a parent of 14-year-old Jack, 2013)

Discussion

“We could intensely decrease the amount of media use, but sometimes I just do not have enough strength.” (Mother of an 5-year-old boy).

Thank you!

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