Adolescents, social networks and transmedia universes: media literacy in participatory contexts

[EN] Introduction. It analyzes the media literacy processes of young people through communities of practice in participatory contexts and through the use of digital discourses that enable the creation of transmedia universes. Methodology. It combines qualitative data collection techniques through ac...

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Published in:Revista Latina de Comunicación Social 2019-01 (74), p.172-196
Main Authors: de la Fuente Prieto, Julián, Lacasa Diaz, Pilar, Martínez-Borda, Rut
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Audiences
Audiovisual communications
Collaboration
Community participation
Core curriculum
Data acquisition
Education
Ethnography
Information literacy
Media literacy
Participation
Qualitative analysis
Qualitative research
Research methodology
Social networks
Storytelling
Teenagers
Young adults
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Summary:[EN] Introduction. It analyzes the media literacy processes of young people through communities of practice in participatory contexts and through the use of digital discourses that enable the creation of transmedia universes. Methodology. It combines qualitative data collection techniques through action research, virtual ethnography and visual methods. Results They reconstruct the activity system of an audiovisual creation workshop aimed at pre-adolescents and adolescents between 8 and 14 years of age in a citizen laboratory. Conclusion. It reflects on non-formal strategies of media education, the roles that young people adopt as users of social networks and the creation of transmedia content based on the experience of narrative worlds. Keywords [EN] Media literacy; Participatory culture; Transmedia Storytelling; Action Research; Virtual ethnography; Activity system.
ISSN:1138-5820
1138-5820
DOI:10.4185/RLCS-2018-1326en