SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE, CULTURAL DISTANCE, AND CULTURAL HUMILITY IN CHILDRENS MEDIA RESEARCH

Title

SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE, CULTURAL DISTANCE, AND CULTURAL HUMILITY IN CHILDRENS MEDIA RESEARCH

Creator

Jennings N.A.; Bali A.

Description

The study of children, adolescents, and media (CAM) places a special emphasis on the welfare of young audiences and the media that socially, culturally, and historically constructs their identity, knowledge, and understanding of themselves and the world around them. CAM scholars form a legion of worriers and warriors focused on making the world a better place for children to live and learn (Jordan, 2021, p. 147). This legion spans the world, embodying the three traditional realms of media studies (audience, texts, and institutions) as a microcosm of media studies (Lemish, 2015, p. 1) and crosses disciplinary, theoretical, and empirical boundaries. As such, CAM scholarship can sometimes be difficult to find since it is often located in many different disciplinary journals and books as well as in proprietary industry reports. Lemish (2019) spoke of her journey in finding a home for her childrens media research and calls for the need for deeper internationalization of CAM that can account for the variance of childrens lives and the structural forces that shape the market and content of childrens media. This special issue contributes to this vision and highlights CAM research produced outside of a Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic (WEIRD) society (Jordan & Prendella, 2019). Moreover, it allows for a space to reflect on CAM scholarship as a whole and future directions for consideration. Lets explore some of the limitations in existing childrens media research and ways in which international collaboration can help to mediate some of these concerns. (2023). All Rights Reserved.

Source

Journal of Content, Community and Communication, Vol-20, pp. 4-7.

Date

2024-01-01

Publisher

Amity University

Coverage

Jennings N.A., University of Cincinnati, United States; Bali A., Christ University, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 23957514

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.31620/JCCC.06.24/02

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