In the field of media education / media literacy education, most of the research and practices are aimed at children, young people or their parents? Does anyone know of research or practical work that focuses on media education of older people, i.e. people over 60 years of age?
Good question Päivi. Not that I know anything that might help you with this, but I am really interested to hear what others have found out. (And you should have your Easter break :)
Thanks Tuija, and yes: I did take a break. Honestly :-)
I think this is a difficult question, and my hunch is that there is not so much media literacy education being offered for older citizens...
Dear Paivi
here are the relevant very helpful publications:
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/older.pdf
http://eprints.rclis.org/21159/1/c4217en.pdf
http://www.revistacomunicar.com/pdf/call/call-45-en.pdf
good luck with your study
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Thank you very much Rahimi ali, the links you provided are extremely useful for me.
More resources:
Use this link to access Livingstone, et.al. review of research "Adult Media Literacy" http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/aml.pdf
There also is a summary of an action research study by Tisdell, et.al. here: http://www.adulterc.org/Proceedings/2007/Proceedings/Tisdell_etal.pdf
Wiley publishes the "Journal of Adolescent & Adult Media Literacy" -- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1936-2706
Good luck
Thank you very much Romas Sakadolskis for the links. I knew that Sonia Livingstone had published research on children's and young people's media use and literacies, but it is new information to me that she also has research on adult media literacy. Thanks again!
Hi Paivi, I suggest searching for ANDRAGOGY and seek the works of Malcolm Knowels.
One of my students, Simone Petrella, is writing a PhD thesis about Intergenerational Dialogues and Media Literacy Education, based on an action-research at a social centre in Braga, Portugal.
To Whom It May Concern - CFP: Ageing in a Network Society http://ojs.meccsa.org.uk/index.php/netknow/announcement/view/35
http://ojs.meccsa.org.uk/index.php/netknow/announcement/view/35
Thank you Liliana, this will be a great resource for scholars working within this area!
Networking Knowledge 10 (1) out now: "Ageing in a Network Society" We would like to thank you, the authors, reviewers and readers, who contributed to this Special Issue. http://ojs.meccsa.org.uk/index.php/netknow/issue/view/57
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