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Children's News Media as a Space for Learning About Difference

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Haavisto, Camilla
Chajed, Avanti
Kyllönen, Rasmus

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

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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