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Promoting critical digital literacy in the leisure-time center: Views and practices among Swedish leisure-time teachers
Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Children, Youth and Society (BUS).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9119-3666
2019 (English)In: Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy, E-ISSN 1891-943X, Vol. 14, no 3-4, p. 134-146Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article focuses on the leisure-time center (LTC) as an arena for developing critical digital literacy. The main research question concerns how Swedish leisure-time teachers (LT teachers) work to promote critical digital literacy. In addition to this, the article directs attention to one specific aspect of critical digital literacy, namely, critical understanding of Internet advertising. The second research question thus concerns how LT teachers approach Internet advertising in the LTC, and whether their approaches to advertising encourage a critical understanding. The study is based on 20 in-depth interviews with Swedish LT teachers, and Buckingham’s (2015) conceptual framework for critical digital literacy is used to analyze and discuss the data. The results reveal a broad range of approaches and practices, from not promoting critical digital literacy at all, to planned learning activities and spontaneous discussions that encouraged critical reflections about digital media. The participants concentrated on source criticism, photo manipulation, and discussions with children about their digital media usage. There were also different approaches to Internet advertising, from not addressing this issue to critical reflections regarding the role of advertising. The participants also described uncritical ways of relating to Internet advertising, such as approaching advertising as a form of entertainment. The article discusses the implications of these results for policy, teacher education, and future research.

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Idunn , 2019. Vol. 14, no 3-4, p. 134-146
Keywords [en]
Critical digital literacy, digital literacy, digital competence, critical reflection, advertising, source criticism, leisure-time center, after-school program
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Educational Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-17884DOI: 10.18261/issn.1891-943x-2019-03-04-04ISI: 000504034600004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85083370924OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-17884DiVA, id: diva2:1457619
Available from: 2020-08-12 Created: 2020-08-12 Last updated: 2024-02-05Bibliographically approved

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