Talk to me! Possibilities of constructing children’s voices in the domestic research context

Abstract

This self-reflective article explores the possibilities of producing children’s ‘voice’ in the domestic research context. We look at producing voices as the process of giving an account of children’s meaning making and life. We examine the methodological challenges of producing voices in the home environment from three perspectives: power, trust and ethics. The findings presented in the article are based on an ongoing longitudinal study of Finnish children’s media environments, which began in 2007 and will continue through 2016.

Spend as I say, not as I do: Children, families and household consumption in different socio‐economic contexts

“…The methodological options of this study need be outlined by starting with the choice of the research strategy and followed by the methods regarding data collection analysis. The interest in listening to children's own voices (Noppari, Uusitalo, & Kupiainen, ) as a means of gathering information about their consumption experiences in different socio‐economic environments structures our methodological approach. Seldom have authors who investigate children's behaviours presented empirical results to which the following conditions apply: consideration of the diverse children's socio‐economic profiles and the taking into account of the children's own perspectives (see Pugh, , for exceptions).…”

Barn nr. 3–4, 2019 – Temanummer: FNs barnekonvensjon

“…Due to these reasons, we speak of the representation of children's views. Overall, research in childhood studies has highlighted how listening to children and addressing their views in society is a multifaceted and challenging issue (e.g., Alasuutari 2014;Kjørholt 2002;Lundy & McEvoy 2011;Noppari, Uusitalo, &Kupiainen 2017;Spyrou 2011;.…”

“…For instance, in Finland, there is a significant interest in children's activities and views related to the media (e.g., Mustola, Koivula, Turja, & Laakso 2018;Ruckenstein 2010;Ylönen 2010), media education (e.g., Kupiainen 2009;Koivula & Mustola 2017;Vilmilä 2015), and children and young people's media use (e.g., Merikivi,Myllyniemi, & Salasuo 2016; Suoninen 2014). Finnish research has also addressed some specific issues, such as ethics concerning research on the representation of childhood on social media (Mustola & Kiili 2019) and the execution of more-than-representational media studies of children (Noppari et al 2017).…”

Representation of Children’s Views in Finnish Newspaper Media Across Three Decades

“…Due to these reasons, we speak of the representation of children's views. Overall, research in childhood studies has highlighted how listening to children and addressing their views in society is a multifaceted and challenging issue (e.g., Alasuutari 2014;Kjørholt 2002;Lundy & McEvoy 2011;Noppari, Uusitalo, &Kupiainen 2017;Spyrou 2011;Wyness 2009).…”

“…For instance, in Finland, there is a significant interest in children's activities and views related to the media (e.g., Mustola, Koivula, Turja, & Laakso 2018; Ruckenstein 2010; Ylönen 2010), media education (e.g., Kupiainen 2009;Koivula & Mustola 2017;Vilmilä 2015), and children and young people's media use (e.g., Merikivi, Myllyniemi, & Salasuo 2016;Suoninen 2014). Finnish research has also addressed some specific issues, such as ethics concerning research on the representation of childhood on social media (Mustola & Kiili 2019) and the execution of more-than-representational media studies of children (Noppari et al 2017).…”