Children’s media consumption, narrative skills and perception of values/countervalues in cartoons
This doctoral thesis identifies children’s media consumption habits (television, Internet, computer, mobile phone, tablet and video console) and investigates the support and control strategies, positive and negative conceptions, as well as the difficulties and challenges faced by the mothers and fathers of third and sixth year primary school pupils when mediating the use of the different devices, and mainly the Internet, in order to better adapt the media and digital competence programmes to the current reality faced by families and schools. On the other hand, it delves into the interpretation and decoding that pupils carry out of the messages transmitted by the media, and more specifically, of fictional content such as children’s cartoons. In this line, it provides evidence that shows that the type of narrative or non-narrative structure that characterises them has an impact on the reception, processing, comprehension, recall and evocation of these messages in terms of narrative skill and perception of values/countervalues by pupils aged 8 to 12, a stage in which they are in the full development of these skills. Finally, based on the research methodology, it presents some didactic proposals aimed at students, families and professionals in the psycho-educational and communication fields, aimed at fostering the development of narrative skills and education in values and countervalues of minors through their favourite fictional content.
For more information:
Oregui-González, E. (2018). Consumo mediático infantil, habilidades narrativas y percepción de valores/contravalores en dibujos animados. Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU).
- Categories:
- INTERNET AND SCREENS
- Skills needed:
- Doctoral thesis, Media
