Multilingual Media Repertoires of Young People in the Migration Society: A Plea for a Language and Culture-Aware Approach to Media Education

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Title: Multilingual Media Repertoires of Young People in the Migration Society: A Plea for a Language and Culture-Aware Approach to Media Education
Language: English
Authors: Çigdem Bozdag (ORCID 0000-0002-4514-6340), Yasemin Karakasoglu
Source: Global Studies of Childhood. 2024 14(4):448-461.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 14
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Grade 7
Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Secondary Education
Grade 8
Descriptors: Multilingual Materials, Foreign Countries, Media Education, Multimedia Materials, Context Effect, Migration, Disadvantaged Environment, Cultural Differences, Socioeconomic Influences, Study Abroad, Nationalism, Local Issues, Citizen Participation, Metalinguistics, Student Empowerment, Learning Activities, School Culture, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Grade 7, Grade 8, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students
Geographic Terms: Germany
DOI: 10.1177/20436106241280754
ISSN: 2043-6106
Abstract: Digital media provide easy access to media content in multiple languages from local, national, and transnational contexts. This accessibility of diverse content enables young people in the migration society to develop multilingual and transnational media repertoires: they have the option to continuously and strategically navigate between different platforms, between different contexts and multiple languages. In this paper, we discuss how multilingualism and transnationalism can be used as key concepts for understanding the cross-media practices of young people and their participation in the migration society. Based on focus groups with young people living in a culturally diverse and socio-economically disadvantaged neighborhood of Bremen, Germany, we discuss how and why young people choose specific media content in a specific language in their daily media practices. Our discussion of the findings then focuses on the question of how media education in the migration society can take the multilingual and transnational media repertoires into account and benefit from it.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1451300
Database: ERIC
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