Based on a theoretical framework on media education and digital citizenship, as well as the results of longitudinal research on media use and consumption, which includes quantitative/survey and qualitative/focus group methodology with teachers from public and private Basic Education networks in São Paulo, this article seeks to identify challenges a...
Resumen: Este artículo pretende aportar nuevos datos al análisis de cómo los jóvenes acceden a las fuentes de información y consumen sus contenidos. Para ello se aplicó una encuesta a estudiantes de Sociología y Publicidad de la Universidad de Alicante(España), durante el curso 2017-2018. Esta población es, dentro de la heterogeneidad del colectivo...
The presence and variety of mobile devices in Spanish homes, regardless of the social and economic con-text, has been widespread for years. Several studies focus on parental mediation in children’s consumption of smart devices, however, there is a lack of scientific evidence about how the educational level and the professional profile of parents af...
The paper reflects upon the appropriation of the Latin-American theories by the Brazilian scientific production in the area of reception studies. This frame is justified by the importance of the country in the continent’s investigation scenario, in both quantitative terms and in the continuous effort of the Brazilian’s academic research qualificati...
It is common to find in many democratic countries more and more citizens away from politics, with distrust in institutions and even delegitimizing the political system. There are several factors that may determine this political disaffection, which makes present through manifestations of cynicism, apathy and skepticism. Among them, the possible inf...
Mexican young people who are in age of attending college represent a fourth of total population. However, multiple studies show a segment of the population that, according to some people, is lethargic, isolated and without a promising future. This study aims to break through these assertions and analyze another perspective on the situation. We will...
This paper assumes that in Brazil the soap opera is a cross-cultural product that constitutes an important part of the social stage. This fact implies that the melodramatic tales that populate the everyday experience of Brazilians are a constituent part of their worldview. It also assumes that the routine of viewing and commenting on the arguments ...
El propósito de este trabajo es mostrar a qué medios de comunicación recurren los estudiantes de educación superior cuando buscan información sobre temas científicos. A través de un cuestionario de preguntas abiertas y de opciones múltiples los 234 alumnos participantes dejan ver -con análisis de contenido mixto de por medio-que prefieren en primer...
Recovering the role of ideology as a key element of political culture and taking into consideration the role of mass communication media as ideological agents and references, this article is a summary of partial results of a major research about the psychological, social, and political conditions involved when structuring daily life political infor...
A lot has been analyzed about the relationship between media and political attitudes in the field of political communication research. Studies are divided into those assuming that media coverage of politics declines the interest of citizens for politics and those affirming that media promote a higher civic and political commitment. If we assume tha...
