TY - JOUR
T1 - Children's Participation in Colombia
T2 - Uses, Perceptions, and Feelings of the Media Environment
AU - López-Ordosgoitia, Rocío
AU - Giraldo-Cadavid, Diana Alexandra
AU - Aristizábal-García, Diana Marcela
AU - Lafaurie-Molina, Andrea
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Children’s participation in the digital environment is gaining more attention as children seem to be active audiences, selecting and developing digital skills to access and interact across multiple platforms and devices. Nonetheless, little is known about media participation from the children’s perspective. This article presents the quantitative results of a survey of 244 children aged seven to fourteen years in Colombia about their perception of media use as a form of participation. The study’s results suggest that there is a varied range of media uses for different purposes that are not exclusive to just one device or one type of media. These results are significant as they show the way children look at their media landscape and engage with it. The authors also identify children’s perception of participation as well as their feelings regarding their media engagement. This research gives particular impetus to efforts aimed at recognizing the meanings of children’s participation in the media environment beyond the political and the civic duties to the social and the playful, incorporating children’s perceptions, experiences, and roles in society.
AB - Children’s participation in the digital environment is gaining more attention as children seem to be active audiences, selecting and developing digital skills to access and interact across multiple platforms and devices. Nonetheless, little is known about media participation from the children’s perspective. This article presents the quantitative results of a survey of 244 children aged seven to fourteen years in Colombia about their perception of media use as a form of participation. The study’s results suggest that there is a varied range of media uses for different purposes that are not exclusive to just one device or one type of media. These results are significant as they show the way children look at their media landscape and engage with it. The authors also identify children’s perception of participation as well as their feelings regarding their media engagement. This research gives particular impetus to efforts aimed at recognizing the meanings of children’s participation in the media environment beyond the political and the civic duties to the social and the playful, incorporating children’s perceptions, experiences, and roles in society.
KW - children
KW - children’s participation
KW - digital
KW - feelings
KW - media
KW - participation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85177235384&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3138/jeunesse-2022-0024
DO - 10.3138/jeunesse-2022-0024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85177235384
SN - 1920-2601
VL - 15
SP - 74
EP - 103
JO - Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures
JF - Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures
IS - 1
ER -