DIGITAL MEDIA AND SOCIALIZATION: PARENTS VIEW ON 6-12 AGE CHILDREN SOCIALIZATION (ISTANBUL CASE)
DİJİTAL MEDYA VE SOSYALLEŞME: 6-12 YAŞ ÇOCUKLARIN SOSYALLEŞMESİNE DAİR EBEVEYN GÖRÜŞLERİ (İSTANBUL ÖRNEĞİ

Author : Abdurrahman ÖZKAN -- İsmail HİRA
Number of pages : 245-270

Abstract

Computerand internet-baseddigitalmediaeffectschildren'sgames, children'seducationandtheirhealth, morebroadly, thesocialization of children. Socialnetworkingsites, whicharebased on digitalmediatechnologyhaveconstitutednewspacesforindividualandsocial life. Duetothechildrenuse of the internet long-term, internet addiction has beenspreadingrapidly. The internet addictionaffectschildren'sdevelopment in allrespectsnegatively. Children is gettingincreasingly in interactionwithsocialmedia. Thenature of theirrelationswith urban families, neighbours, relatives, neighbourhoodresidentsandtheirnaturalenvironments can have an effect on theincreasing of thisinteraction. On thecontrary, theeffect of traditionalinstitutions is graduallydecreasing. Inthisqualitativestudy, an inductivemethod, and semi-structuredinterview, observationsareused. Positiveandnegativeconsequences of digitalmediaandchildrenrelationsareevaluatedaccordingtotheparents’ observations, experiencesandthoughtswhoareliving in İstanbul'sdistricts Küçükçekmece, Şişli and Üsküdar.

Keywords

Child, digitalmedia, socialization, urban neighborhood, parentview.

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