Digital Media Literacy, School and Contemporary Parenting

Abstract

Today’s societies live in a world where the media construct reality, which also affects each individual media user. Children and their parents spend most of their time with digital media and contents. Therefore, researchers emphasize the importance of digital literacy of media users. They analyse new phenomena, challenges and risks associated with the anthropological, cognitive and social development of children and young people. An important role in media and digital education is played not only by teachers and schools, but also by parents and family. The aim of this paper is to present and analyse the theoretical approaches to digital media literacy, so-called digital parenting, and to interpret the results of the latest research in Croatia devoted to the digital habits of parents, their attitudes towards parental mediation strategies as well as to their satisfaction with the programmes of media literacy in the education system.

‘Every Cloud has a Silver Lining’

“…In addition, a recent study has shown that media is used with children mostly for entertainment (Labaš and Marinčić, 2016). Furthermore, digital literacy requires both education and reinterpretation with students and parents alike (Ciboci and Labaš, 2019). Finally, this study fills the gap in Croatian social studies where visual literacy is missing.…”

“…The other study discusses visiting social network sites, sharing photos, videos etc. in the realm of digital media literacy regarding the child -parent relationship from the earliest age (Ciboci and Labaš, 2019). According to the results, only every fifth parent thinks that media education should start as early as in kindergarten (2019: 96-97).…”

Examining the relationship between multidimensional parenting styles and digital parenting awareness levels of parents

“…It would be beneficial to investigate the participation of parents in education at school, especially in areas where there is a lack of knowledge. More extensive research is needed on how parents educate their children about media (Ciboci & Labaš, 2019).…”

“…It is a critical parenting skill for parents to take precautions against the elements in these content that may harm their children's development. Parents' learning how to educate their children in the new digital media environment will support the healthy development of the child (Ciboci & Labaš, 2019).…”

Pretpostavke za razumijevanje uloge medijskog sustava za deliberativnu demokraciju

“…Programi medijskog opismenjavanja u sustavu formalnog obrazovanja uglavnom se provode u sklopu medijske kulture u kurikulumu hrvatskog jezika, a neki se aspekti digitalnog opismenjavanja obrađuju na nastavi informatike. Međutim, stručnjaci (Ciboci, 2018;Ciboci i Labaš, 2019) ocjenjuju da su formalni programi medijskog opismenjavanja nedostatni i zastarjeli, da ne potiču kritičko mišljenje, da se ne bave dovoljno digitalnim medijima te da nastavnici nemaju potrebne kompetencije za podučavanje (Ciboci i Osmančević, 2015). Unatoč tomu, pozitivni pomaci ipak su vidljivi.…”