Media representations of the “new” childhoods: from mass media to digital environment
Title | Media representations of the “new” childhoods: from mass media to digital environment |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | Tirocchi S |
Journal | Interdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 60-76 |
Date Published | 06/2014 |
Publisher | Padova University Press |
Place Published | Padova, IT |
ISSN Number | 2282-2011 |
Keywords | Digital media, Mass media, Media education, New childhood, social representations |
Abstract | The representation of children and childhood in the media has always been a topic of great social and political importance, though poorly treated and considered. Mass media and digital media has always contributed to the construction of childhood as it is part of everyday life of children and adolescents who use it more and more frequently, considering it to be a real “living environment”. At the same time, the media “builds” social images of childhood and adolescence that are broadcast, conveyed and progressively legitimized. |