Although social networking websites (SNSs, especially Facebook) have become highly popular with youths, some university students do not want to participate in such sites. This study explores the underlying reasons for high-tech university students’ non-use of social networking websites. The study group (n=20) consisted of 18 to 25-year-old undergraduate students, who were selected by the […]
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Connecting Generations. A Research and Learning Approach for Media Education and Audience Studies
Based on theoretical and methodological orientations from authors’ previous research on media and generations, this article presents a research and learning process involving supervised field work conducted by graduate students from a Master Seminar on Media Studies at FCSH, New University of Lisbon. Acting as facilitators of focus groups composed of older participants, exploring intergenerational […]
Informal Learning through Facebook among Slovenian Pupils
Since existing research has failed to consider how primary school pupils use Facebook for informal learning and to enhancing social capital, we attempted to fill this research gap by conducting 60 in-depth interviews and think-aloud sessions with Slovenian primary school pupils. Furthermore, we used content analysis to evaluate their Facebook profiles. The results of the […]
Competencia mediática: Investigación sobre el grado de competencia de la ciudadanía en la Comunidad Autónoma de La Rioja
La investigación que se presenta ha tenido como objetivo implementar en la ciudadanía riojana el concepto de “competencia mediática”, a través del diagnóstico de las necesidades y carencias de las ciudadanas y ciudadanos riojanos, para en futuros estudios establecer un programa de evaluación que permita aportar propuestas formativas en el ámbito de las dimensiones de […]
Media Pedagogy in Russia
Fedorov, A. Media Pedagogy in Russia. In Enzyklopädie Erziehungswissenschaft Online (Medienpädagogik, Medienpädagogik international). Weinheim und Basel: Beltz Juventa, 2013. Alexander Fedorov Media Pedagogy in Russia 33 Seiten Aus: Enzyklopädie Erziehungswissenschaft Online. Fachgebiet: Medienpädagogik, Medienpädagogik international. hrsg. von Dorothee Meister, Friederike von Gross, Uwe Sander. © Beltz Juventa, Weinheim und Basel. 2013. 01.08.2013 / DOI 10.3262/EEO18130301 […]
Overview of Information Literacy Resources Worldwide
During the last decade, UNESCO has been actively promoting the concept of Knowledge Societies in which Information Literacy (IL) plays a fundamental role in building inclusive, pluralistic, equitable and participatory societies. By enabling people to interpret and make informed judgments as users of information, as well as to become producers and distributers of information and […]
In their own words: What bothers children online?
Nearly 10,000 children told us about what upsets them and their friends online. Their responses were diverse, revealing a long list of concerns. Pornography (named by 22% of children who told us of risks) and violent content (18%) top children’s online concerns. Overall, boys appear more bothered by violence than girls, while girls are more […]
Children’s Use of Online Technologies in Europe – 2013
Background The past decade of technological change has been accompanied by a decade of research seeking to understand the nature of these changes as they shape everyday life, tracing their social consequences within the home, for parents and children, for the peer group, at school, and in the wider society. A major conclusion in the […]
Media Literacy: Understanding Digital Capabilities – BBC
Objectives: -To understand the current ‘State of the Nation’ with regards to internet literacy. -To segment the online population based on internet literacy.
The Global Information Technology Report 2013
The 12th edition of The Global Information Technology Report (GITR) is being released at a time of cautious optimism after a long period of economic uncertainty that has transformed the global economic outlook. While uncertainty in the euro zone and the risk of political deadlock in the United States still persist and could derail the […]
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