This collection of articles published by the Finish Youth Research Society examines the media cultures of children and young people and their mediatised daily lives. The texts investigate how media images and devices are interwoven into the everyday experiences of children and young people. Key questions addressed are methods suitable for research conducted collaboratively with children and the unavoidable power relations involved. The research includes multi-method research designs aimed at achieving children’s and young people’s experiential knowledge and participation. Specific areas of analysis include methodological development using visual and participatory methods, ethical issues in co-research, and examining perspectives on mediatised leisure time, demanding a view that reaches beyond concerns. The overall goal is to enhance the understanding of media’s role in social interaction, play, peer relationships, and early childhood education.
Methodology
The studies emphasise multi-method research designs aimed at collecting children’s and young people’s experiential knowledge and fostering participation. The fieldwork stage focused on the media cultures of children aged 3–6 in daycare centres and at home, carried out in 2015 and 2016. Methods tested and applied included co-research, visual methods, independent photography and video recording by children, and videoed peer interviews. The researchers also utilized ethnographic observation and fieldwork diary entries. Central to the methodology was a constant reflexive approach regarding ethical issues, power relations, and the challenge of achieving genuine participation in short-term studies.
Country or region of researched population
Finland
Citation
Mulari, H. (Ed.). (2019). Media in everyday life: Insights into children’s and young people’s media cultures (Publications 214). Finnish Youth Research Network/Finnish Youth Research Society.
This collection of articles published by the Finish Youth Research Society examines the media cultures of children and young people and their mediatised daily lives. The texts investigate how media images and devices are interwoven into the everyday experiences of children and young people. Key questions addressed are methods suitable for research conducted collaboratively with children and the unavoidable power relations involved. The research includes multi-method research designs aimed at achieving children’s and young people’s experiential knowledge and participation. Specific areas of analysis include methodological development using visual and participatory methods, ethical issues in co-research, and examining perspectives on mediatised leisure time, demanding a view that reaches beyond concerns. The overall goal is to enhance the understanding of media’s role in social interaction, play, peer relationships, and early childhood education.
Methodology
The studies emphasise multi-method research designs aimed at collecting children’s and young people’s experiential knowledge and fostering participation. The fieldwork stage focused on the media cultures of children aged 3–6 in daycare centres and at home, carried out in 2015 and 2016. Methods tested and applied included co-research, visual methods, independent photography and video recording by children, and videoed peer interviews. The researchers also utilized ethnographic observation and fieldwork diary entries. Central to the methodology was a constant reflexive approach regarding ethical issues, power relations, and the challenge of achieving genuine participation in short-term studies.
Country or region of researched population
Finland
Citation
Mulari, H. (Ed.). (2019). Media in everyday life: Insights into children’s and young people’s media cultures (Publications 214). Finnish Youth Research Network/Finnish Youth Research Society.
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