European Journal of Education Studies
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10.5281/zenodo.154120
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SOCIAL EFFECTS OF NEW MEDIA THROUGH
THE PERCEPTION OF CHILDREN, PARENTS AND TEACHERS:
CASE OF SHKODER
Bujane Topallii
Lecturer, Faculty of Educational Sciences,
Department of Psychology Social Work,
University of Shkoder Luigj Gurakuqi , “lbania
Abstract:
The media are playing an important role in children s daily lives, whether measured in
terms of family income, use of time and space, or importance within the conduct of
social relations. Curiously, there is a notable discrepancy between the high levels of
public concern over children and young people s use of new media and the minimum
of empirical research conducted thus far. Although, children are often left out of
population surveys, in Europe Kelly,
. “lso in “lbania, the use of new media
from children and young has conduct to undertake some studies related to this domain.
Referring to this study we aim to understand the perception of children, parents and
teacher about the effects that new media create the children life. The methodology used
is a qualitative one based in 20 semi structured interviews with parents and teacher and
in a focus group of children age 12-15 years old. Through this study we aim to know
more about the new media; the way of use, activities and their negative or positive
social effects on children. The conclusions of this paper are: the social media are
constantly present in children life of now days; the most use are: Instagram, Facebook,
Snapchat. They use new media and social media for entertainments, home works,
conversations and socialization. Also, parents and teacher try to controlling in distance
the way that the children use media. They try to protect them from different derange.
Most of parent and teacher think that the only one positive effect of new media in their
children life is the possibility to take information that can help children with home
works.
Keywords: new media, perception of social effects, children, parents, teachers
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1.
Introduction
Now days, more and more, the topic of new media and children is part of our daily and
professional discussions. It has always confusion about the term of new media and also
many question and interest about new media effects on children.
What we understand with the term new media ?
So, referring to some social scientists new media can be describing with four
specific
categories
that
share
common
qualities
and
likenesses:
interpersonal
communication media, interactive play media, information search media, and collective
participatory media.
Interpersonal communication media encompasses the telephone (cell phones
included) and email. These types of communication technologies are thought of as
private and temporary. The relationships reinforced and established by use of such
interpersonal communication are more important than the information communicated.
Interactive play media include computer and video games.
Information search media encompass a broad spectrum such as the Internet and all
the search engines and search tools. Cell phones are becoming capable of similar
functions and can be listed under this category.
Finally, collective participatory media refer to how one can use the Internet for
purposes such as swapping information, ideas and thoughts, and creating computermediated relationships (Mc Quail, 2005).
Why is interesting to know more about the topic of children and new media?
The media are extending their influence throughout children s lives so that
children s leisure can no longer be clearly separated from their education, their
employment prospects, their participation in public activities, or their participation
within the private realm of the family. (S. Livingstone, 2006).
Lenhart, Purcell, Smith, and Zickuhr (2010) found that 93% of teenagers, ranging
in age from 12 to 17, are going online. This number has remained consistent since 2006.
Among teens, the average person owns 3.5 gadgets out the five queried in a survey: cell
phones, mp3 players, computers, game consoles and portable gaming devices. Cell
phone and computer are the most frequently used media for adolescents to connect
online (p. 9). Education about how to utilize and to get the most from new media is
imperative for adolescents growing up in this technological era (McMillan & Morrison,
2006). In this situation is very necessary to know more about the activities and the
effects of new media in children life.
Parents and teachers are the more interested to know about this topic. Some of
parents are worried about their role confront of their children. The privacy is a new
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topic to discuss between children and parents, because new media such as cell phone
and computer have change family interaction and has create individual worlds for all
members of the family. As Livingstone (2006) noted, hence the Internet, like many other
increasingly personalized and/or mobile media, may be contributing to the
individualized family
democratic family
living together separately and to what has been called the
in which parental authority is less hierarchical, more based on the
psychological intimacy of the
pure relationship. pp.
−
Also the school and teachers in the classes are facing with new attitudes of
children (pupils) created by the use of new media. In a study about writing and
adolescents, Lenhart (2008) found that adolescents do not think technology influences
their writing in a negative way or in quality:
They do acknowledge that the informal
styles of writing that mark the use of these text-based technologies for many teens do
occasionally filter into their school work (p. 3). Although new media are not to blame
for poor writing, the slang or shorthand used with some text-based technologies may
affect the language used in essays and other written work. Bucy (2005) stated that,
unabashed enthusiasm for the computer sends the wrong message
that the
mediated world is more significant than the real world (p. 185). Children and
adolescents who are connected to online activities may not notice what is going on in
their respective offline worlds. Giving students the best tools for excelling in a high-tech
world, while staying in touch with the offline one is a hard balance to strike. In some
cases, schools might have to rethink the way they have institutionalized teaching of
ICTs. Lenhart (2008) noted that: And even with the promise that many believe
technology holds for revolutionizing instruction and youth engagement with learning,
teens still recognize the value of teachers and classroom instruction. Many teens feel
that while technology can help them compose, edit and present their ideas, it cannot
improve the quality of the ideas themselves. (p. 22).
2.
Methodology
In this study, the qualitative perspective is used to understand more about the topic of
new media and their social effects in children life. In this study, we aim to analyse the
social effects of new media in the children age 12-15 years old. The reason why the
study is focus in this age is simple because for this population it has lack of study; most
of studies are focus in ages (16-18 years old) high school.
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2.1
Instruments, study population and administration of the study
The instrument used for this study, are: semi structured interview (10 with parents and
10 with teachers) and also a focus group with children age 12-15 years old.
Parts of the semi structured interview with parents were 10 parents (eight women and
one man) that have children age 12-15 years old. The announcement and the developing
of interviews were held in the bibliotheca of university of Shkoder. The only selection
criteria it was to have children of 12-15 years old.
The semi structured interview with 10 teachers was held in the school Deshmoret e
Prishtines . The participation was voluntary and the only selection criterion was: to
teach children of 12-15 years old. Participants in these interviews were eight women
and two men.
Also in this study is used the technique of focus group, composed from 6 children
age (12-15 years old).
Gender
M
F
12 years old
1
0
13 years old
1
1
14 years old
1
1
15 years old
0
1
The focus group was held in the Oratori Dom Bosko, Shkoder; social and cultural
centre for children. The participation was voluntary and the only one criteria was the
age; 12 till 15 years old.
2.2
Research questions
The research question of this study:
What are the most frequent types of new media utilize by children of 12-15 years old?
What kinds of activities usually do children of 12-15 years old during the use of new media?
What are the positive effects of new media in the life of 12-15 years old?
What are the negative effects of new media in the life of 12-15 years old?
2.3
Limits of the study
This is a qualitative study, based only in a small group of people, so we can t do
generalization. The qualitative studies are appropriate in the situation where it have
lack of preview study in this domain. So this study only we aim to take information
related to the use of new media from children and some precipitation effects made on
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evidence from children, parents and teachers. This study is good point of start to realize
in the future a quantitative study.
3.
Theories that explain why new media is used from children
3.1
Dependency theory
Ball-Rokeach and DeFleur (1976) explored the effects media have on society in their
dependency model which focused on the high level of dependence that audiences have
on mass media in urban societies. Ball-Rokeach and DeFleur (1976) wrote that; the degree
of audience dependence on media information is a key variable in understanding when and
why media messages alter audience beliefs, feelings, or behaviour (p. 5). Individuals
seek out the information that they need to feel connected to their larger social world
(Ball- Rokeach & DeFleur, 197 . The need to fit in is inherently a part of an adolescent s
world. Fitting in requires an adolescent to mirror the activities of his or her peers and
what is acceptable within their society. It is quite possible that adolescents will seek out
the information they need through new media to fit in and stay connected. The media
do not have the power to determine uniformly the exact content of the interpretations
or definitions of the situation that every person constructs. But, by controlling what
information is and is not delivered and how that information is presented, the media can play a
large role in limiting the range of interpretations that audiences are able to make. (p. 10)
Adolescents may not have the ability to distinguish what information is pertinent and what is
not.
Ball-Rokeach and DeFleur (1976) outlined several ways people are dependent on
media to fulfil their information needs: For example, one form of dependency is based
on the need to understand one s social world; another type of dependency arises from the
need to act meaningfully and effectively in that world; still a third type of dependency is
based on the need for fantasy-escape from daily problems and tensions. When media
messages are not linked to audience dependencies and individuals are fully content with
their social worlds, media messages have very little or no effect. In contrast, individuals who
have unstable social worlds may be more influenced by media messages. The
satisfactoriness of one s social world determines the amount of dependency on media
information (Ball-Rokeach & DeFleur, 1976). Adolescence is a formative time and full of
uncertainties. “n adolescent s social world may not be fully developed as they search
for acceptance and a way to complete parts of their world that may feel incomplete.
Thus, adolescents as a group may be more prone to dependency as they are searching
for a way to stay informed and fit in with society and peers.
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3.2
New Media theory
Tosun and Lajunen (2009) used dependency theory to study why adolescents develop a
passion for the Internet. The authors maintained that an individual expresses his or her
true self when using the Internet. This expression of true self has a direct link to passion
for the Internet. According to this theory, people actively search for communication
media that satisfy their needs (e.g., relaxation, information gathering, and social needs),
and they may develop dependency on a communication medium that satisfies their needs. In
this way, passion for the Internet can be assumed to be linked to Internet dependency. If
people feel that certain communication needs are best satisfied through the Internet, we
can suppose that they are likely to develop a passion and dependency on the Internet.
(p. 402)
3.3
Ecological theory and the techno subsystem
Johnson
expanded ”ronfenbrenner s theory and proposed an addition to the
ecological systems theory model called the techno subsystem, which is highly relevant
for research into young people s use of Internet. The techno subsystem, which
comprises an individual s interaction with both human and machine elements of
communication, information, and recreational technologies, can be seen as another
component of ”ronfenbrenner s microsystem. For example, online communications with
friends can influence children s home or school subsystem. Schools often have a webpage
allowing parents to access their children s timetable and homework, making the
Internet and the school mesosystemic. The techno-subsystem thus expands upon the
two-dimensional representation of environmental influences on development proposed
by Bronfenbrenner (1979) as social, emotional, and physical development are
conceptualized as the outcome of reciprocal interactions between bio- ecological aspects
(individual characteristics), the use of ICT at home, at school, and with friends (the
techno-subsystem), and family and community environments (the microsystem).
3.4
Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory
Refereeing to Erikson theory
, he proposed that during the stage of Role
Confusion, most adolescents establish a sense of identity not only about who they are as
people, but also about where they are headed in life. However, this is also a cause of
crisis as adolescents are faced with the need to reconcile the person that society expects
them to be with the person they actually are. Thus this is a time of fundamental change
in a person s life, both physically as they enter puberty and are faced with all the bodily
changes, but also mentally as they become acutely aware of societal expectations, the
intentions of others, and their own intentions and expectations. In today s society,
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children use technology like a way to balance their own perception of the world with the reality of
the world and so they establish their identity. Depending on their age and phase of
development, they use technology in different ways that can assist or impede their
development in ways relevant to Erikson s psychosocial development theory
4.
.
Perception of social effect of new media on children 12-15 years old (case of
Shkoder)
Now days we have a picture of technology trends on the one hand, and spotlights on
specific youth populations and practices on the other, we need more work that brings
these two pieces of the puzzle together. As Large (2005) notes, it is difficult to define
categories such as children, adolescents, and young adults in concrete terms. Different
studies often define teenagers as between the ages of 12 17 (Lenhart 2010). However,
(2009) observe that terms such as children, adolescents, and young adults are socially
and culturally constructed labels. In this study our interest in the age 12-15 years old is
based also in the theories mentioned before (literature review), because in this age new
media has more potential influence in the children life.
4.1
Result from the interviews with parents
The conversation with the parents was very interesting. Most of them really were
interesting on these topics and also they made on evidence their anxiety about the
negative effects of new media. A big problem was the dilemma of direct or indirect
supervision of their children during the use of new media.
The interviews with parents were focused in these types of questions: What kind
of new media they use frequently? The place where the children access to new media? What are
the activities their children do, during the using of new media (supervising situation)? What are
the positive and negative effects of new media, that their children had face?
Referring to the interview with parents, most of their children start to use new
media, such as computer and internet at 10 years old. Most of their children use the home
computer to access on internet only 3 parents approve that their children access in
internet via mobile phone.
The frequent activities that their children do are:
Parents 1:
They use internet just for listen song in YouTube and for take information for
homework .
Parents 2:
My child use internet for class project research, social network like face book and
Instagram to communicate with friends and also play games for fun
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So, refereeing to the activities that children do mostly during the use of new
media, the parent s interviews made on evidence or classified 3 types of activities: school
purpose, socialization and fun.
During the interview the parents had question about; if they know what are web
sites most preferred from their child?
Parents 4:
I don t supervise directly my child during the use of internet; but I ask him (13
years boy) always what he has do
Parents 3:
usually he (15 years old) uses the internet without my assistance, because he
surf through mobile phone .
To sum up, most of the parents practice indirect supervision of their children
activities in new media domain.
About the negatives and the positives effects the parents made on evidence the
negative effects of social media the life of their children. They are very afraid about the use
of such social media as face book and Instagram because they children can meet
dangerous people (with negative influence), someone can theft their photos and can use
it for negative purpose.
Parents 7:
I prefer that my son 1 years old use Instagram than face book, because is more
safer. The messages are short than in face book and also is impossible to theft your
photos .
Parents 10:
I think that social media have positive effects in our children life, because they
can use to communicate with friends .
Parents 4:
I m afraid about what kinds of films watch through the computer and internet
my son. I find him to watch horror films. I always try to control him, but is
impossible .
Parents 5:
Some of negatives effects of using internet is: cause of stress, healthy problem
(eyes), imitation of social models (sometimes wrong model), waste of time .
Most of parents know the negatives effects of new media use, but they still think
that the use of new media is necessary, because we live in technological era.
Refereeing to positive effects all parents made on evidence the possibility to get more
information, in a quickly way and different forms (video, reading), necessary for class
projects.
Parents 4:
I think, that internet help my child to take information for homework, class
projects .
Parents 7:
They can be more informed than us, in the same age
Parents 8:
Through internet our children can take information for class project and also can
develop their relationship with friends .
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Refereeing to Livingstone (2010) study, it has a positive correlation between risk and
opportunity of new media use. So if we want to get the positive effects of new media for
our children, we also will face with the risk; and if we try to avoid risks, caused from
the use of new media, we also lose opportunities that this new media offer. So we the
solution is not to avoid the use of new media, but to find the right strategy of use.
4.2
Result from the interviews with teachers
During the interviews with teachers the question were grouped in 3 categories like:
Type of new media use in school environments, positive and negative effects in the
domain of school (learning process).
The teachers approve that most of children 12-15 years old have a mobile phone
with internet access, but is not eligible to use it during the lessons time.
Now days is necessary for a child to now the use of computer and to surf in
internet, because a lot of home works as class project are in group and need
information, that via internet are easy to get.
Teacher 2:
In literature we do a lot of class projects and so we can t avoid the use of
internet, but I don t think that new media computer, internet have a positive
effect in children knowledge .
Teacher 4:
The internet has limited the capacity of pupils to create. They find all ready .
Teacher 8:
Most of pupils use social media, just for fun; not for class project
communication .
Teacher 6:
I think that cause of internet and social media our pupils develop a poor
vocabulary. The generation of now days avoid reading books .
Teacher 10:
Some of pupils like 1 -15 years old start to be addicted from the use of mobile
phone. They try to use it during class lesson .
Most of teachers don t find positive effects related to the use of new media and the school
purpose. They are also sceptics about positive effects of new media in the relationships
between pupils and teachers in class. All teachers interview approve that the pupils have
an account in a social media, such as Facebook, Instagram, Viber, What s up.
Teacher 9:
Sometimes in school we affront conflicts, between pupils that have start from
communication in social media .
Teacher 5:
No one of pupils has come to me to communicate or take information related to
a problem face during internet surfing, I think that they discuss more with each
other .
Teacher 9:
I have a lot of pupils friends in my face book account. It s a way to know them
better .
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Teacher 7:
I have friends in face book some of pupils, but they never communicate with me
about homework or something else .
Teacher 3:
Social media as face book and others made more friendly and easy the
relationships between girls and boys. I think this is good for their socialization
Teacher 6:
I think that some of our pupils try to imitate a VIP .
During the interviews with teachers we understand that most of pupils have a
mobile phone and so easy access in new media. Also they highlight most negative
effects of new media in school domain, than positive effects. During analyse of the
interviews we take information about the effects of new media in lesson domain and in
relationship domain. In both of this, the negative effects are more present.
4.3
Result from the focus group with children 12-15 years old
In the focus group with children the discussion was based in these directions: type of
new media use, activities, positive and negative effects.
Most of children use internet and also social media as Facebook, Instagram,
What s up, Viber, Snapchat. They have a lot of virtually friends minimum was 200 and
maximum 850 friends; most in Instagram.
Children 2:
Most of friends I meet for first time virtually - boy
Children 4:
I have friends in my face book account that I know in real life, but I m not close
friend with them .-girl
Children 5:
I have communicate with an “merican girl, that I meet in face book - boy
Children 3:
I have communicate in chat with new friends -boy
About problems that the children affront during the use of social media are cyber
bulling situation.
Children 1:
One time someone theft me my face book account - girl
Children 6:
Someone send to me an insulting message .-boy
Children 4:
In my school a group of pupils had open a face book account when we show
school activities, but someone theft it and use for bed purpose. For this we have
discuss with teacher and parents .-girl
Related to the parents supervised situation, children think…
Children 3:
My parents always supervised me during the use of internet -boy
Children 4:
My parents have face book account and we are friends .-girl
Children 5:
No, my parents do not supervised my indirectly, during the use of social media
- boy
About the negative and positive effect of new media children are able to know
both of them.
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Children 1:
I think that positive effects are: communication with others and to know what
the others are doing. Negative effects I this is theft of photos - girl
Children 5:
Positive effects are: I watch videos in you tube, entertainment - boy
Children 3:
Positive is that i use for entertainment, but negative is that others person can
use it for negative purpose, like use my identity, take information where I live boy
Children 4:
Positive is that I can communicate with a lot of people and negative is that
others theft my account .-girl
When children face difficulties/problem during the use of internet or social
network they always talk with their friends or parents.
Children 1:
If I have a problem I discuss with my parents. - girl
Children 6:
If I need help, I talk with my friends, because sometime parents do not
understand me .-boy
To sum up, the focus group with children made on evidence that so much
children use social media. The concept of friend in now days have another meaning
than before. Now, children can divide friends in to categories: real and virtual. Some of
them communicate with unknown people. Children don t believe that their parents
supervised them during the use of internet. Everybody of them has experienced a
cyber-bulling situation. Most of them discuss with friends about the solution of some
problem they face during the use of internet.
5.
Conclusions
New media is part of daily life of children age 12-15 years old. Most of them use
the computer in house to access on internet, but during the age 14-15 years old
children start to access internet through mobile phone.
All of children age 12-15 years old have an account in one of social media and
activities that they generally do are: research information for school purpose,
virtual conversations with friends (socialization) and fun (play video game,
watch YouTube etc...).
Negatives effects are more remarkable from parents and teachers. They have a
long list of them like: poor vocabulary, lack of concentration during lesson time,
lack of creativity, healthy problems, loses of time, meeting with dangerous
people etc. Also children conscious about the negatives effects of new media as:
cyber bulling problems.
Parents and teacher are not so enthusiastic about the positive effects of new
media in their children life. Communication with friends and information are the
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only 2 positive effects of new media. Some of parents tend to limit the time of
access on internet for their children, some others try to talk more with the about
their activities. Some teacher made friends in social network their pupils to
supervise them. Meanwhile children can t imagine themselves without the use of
new media. They know negatives effects and also some of them discuss with
their parents or peers for support.
6.
Recommendations
Nowadays is impossible to avoid the use of new media and every body of us can face
with their negatives effects. The solution to protect children from these negative effects
is not to limit, or control their access on internet, but to discuss their problems. Teacher,
parents and children need to construct a strategy of collaboration together that can help
them to profit more from the positive effects of new media. Some strategies are: doing
more activities together (children, parents) on internet, raise collaboration between
teachers and parents about problems related with new media etc.
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