2021
DOI: 10.3389/fhumd.2021.601239
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Media Literacy, Social Connectedness, and Digital Citizenship in India: Mapping Stakeholders on How Parents and Young People Navigate a Social World

Abstract: The ubiquity of digital and social media has led to considerable academic debate regarding their role in the lives of children and adolescents. The Global North, especially United States and Europe, has largely led this discussion in matters of research methods and approaches, as well as on conversations around screen time, wellbeing, media literacy, and digital citizenship. However, it is not clear to what extent and how these Anglo-Eurocentric approaches to digital literacy and social connectedness translate… Show more

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“…Implementing media literacy programs targeted at marginalized communities is essential. Such programs can empower individuals to critically evaluate media content, discern misinformation, understand their rights, and effectively engage with various media channels (Sarwatay et al, 2021). These initiatives can be integrated into formal education curricula and community-based initiatives, ensuring that the poor are equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the media landscape.…”
Section: Media Literacy Programsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Implementing media literacy programs targeted at marginalized communities is essential. Such programs can empower individuals to critically evaluate media content, discern misinformation, understand their rights, and effectively engage with various media channels (Sarwatay et al, 2021). These initiatives can be integrated into formal education curricula and community-based initiatives, ensuring that the poor are equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the media landscape.…”
Section: Media Literacy Programsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…WhatsApp is one of India's most popular SNS platforms; the service had over 200 million active users by 2017 ( Singh, 2017 ), a number that has steadily risen and had nearly doubled to 390 million by 2020 ( Jain, 2021 ). These 390 million users make India the nation with the highest number of active “monthly” users of this SNS platform.…”
Section: Situating the Contextsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the United States, 64% of those polled according to a recent study agreed that the government must do more to rein in big technology corporations (Kelly & Guskin, 2021). Relatedly, jurisdictions including the European Union (Larionova & Shelepov, 2021), the United Kingdom (Schelsinger, 2022), India (Sarwatay et al, 2021), and Japan (Shibata, 2021) have registered deep concerns about the unaccountable ways that dominant technology and social media companies, whether originating in the United States or in China, have impeded personal privacy, threatened the viability of traditional forms of work, and challenged the backbone of democracies, free and fair elections, and a free press (Srinivasan, 2017).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%