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Children's News Media as a Space for Learning About Difference
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Abstract In this article, we show how everyday difference is conceptualised in Finland through our analysis of media products for children (HBL Junior, HS Lasten Uutiset, and Yle Mix). We consider media as a part of the "lived curriculum" through which media professionals intentionally or unintentionally rep... view more
In this article, we show how everyday difference is conceptualised in Finland through our analysis of media products for children (HBL Junior, HS Lasten Uutiset, and Yle Mix). We consider media as a part of the "lived curriculum" through which media professionals intentionally or unintentionally reproduce particular discourses of difference and sameness that become part of children’s everyday learning and understanding of multicultural society. Our aim in doing so is to consider what marks these discourses produced specifically for children, and what versions of difference they replicate and advance. We find that children’s media advances discourses of "comfortable conviviality" through the paradigms of colour-blind friendship, the universal experience of childhood, and through a firm belief in social cohesion as the master signifier of Finnish society. Through the lens of inclusiveness, we discuss the implications of these discourses on journalism and media literacy.... view less
Keywords
Finland; sociability; ethnicity; journalism; child; children's literature; children's channel; media skills
Classification
Broadcasting, Telecommunication
Print Media
Free Keywords
children's journalism; conviviality; ethnic differences; media for children; media literacy education; racial differences
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 256-266
Journal
Media and Communication, 10 (2022) 4
Issue topic
Inclusive Media Literacy Education for Diverse Societies
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed