YouTube videos for young children: an exploratory study

IF 1.2 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Digital Education Review Pub Date : 2022-07-05 DOI:10.1344/der.2022.41.32-43

Mari-Carmen Caldeiro-Pedreira, Paula Renés-Arellano, Barbara Castillo- Abdul, Ignacio Aguaded

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Abstract

The consumption of videos on the Internet by young children is increasing, and therefore, when they start school, a great part of their knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes will be influenced by the contents they have consumed in social networks such as YouTube, which is considered a third educational agent in childhood, together with families and school. It is thus appropriate to know what types of contents they are consuming, the characteristics of these publications, and their interactions with these channels. The present research will try to provide answers to these questions, with an exploratory and descriptive study with a sample of five YouTube channels in Spanish and Portuguese aimed at early childhood, starting with the category “Made for Kids” from Social Blade. The results of the study allowed us to discover the characteristics of the contents which have an effect on informal learning, favoring the child’s creativity and the development of abilities and competences of children. The conclusions stress the persistence of certain risks associated to the inadequate use of YouTube, inviting reflection on the need to broaden research studies on this subject matter, and the promotion of media and literacy training, through the incorporation of adequate values and behavioral rules. Emphasis is placed on implementing true media literacy in schooling during early childhood to develop the children’s abilities.

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儿童YouTube视频:一项探索性研究

幼儿在互联网上的视频消费正在增加，因此，当他们开始上学时，他们的很大一部分知识，行为和态度将受到他们在社交网络上消费的内容的影响，例如YouTube，它被认为是儿童的第三个教育媒介，与家庭和学校一起。因此，了解他们所消费的内容类型、这些出版物的特点以及他们与这些渠道的相互作用是适当的。目前的研究将试图提供这些问题的答案，通过一项探索性和描述性的研究，以五个YouTube频道为样本，以西班牙语和葡萄牙语为目标，针对幼儿，从Social Blade的“Made for Kids”类别开始。研究结果让我们发现了影响非正式学习的内容的特点，有利于孩子的创造力和能力的发展。结论强调与不适当使用YouTube有关的某些风险持续存在，请大家思考有必要扩大关于这一主题的研究，并通过纳入适当的价值观和行为规则来促进媒介和扫盲训练。重点是在儿童早期的学校教育中实施真正的媒体素养，以发展儿童的能力。

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Digital Education Review EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

14.30%

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审稿时长

15 weeks

期刊介绍： Digital Education Review (DER) is a scientific, open and peer review journal designed as a space for dialogue and reflection about the impact of ICT on education and new emergent forms of teaching and learning in digital environments. It is published half-yearly (June & December) and it includes articles in English or Spanish. ICT plays an important role in education, raising discussions and important new challenges. Analyze the impact of ICT, new forms of literacy and virtual teaching and learning are the main goals of Digital Education Review. The publication is open to all those investigators who wish to propose articles on this subject. Articles admitted include empirical investigations as well as reviews and theoretical reflections. The journal publishes different kinds of articles: Peer Review Articles: articles that have passed the blind review carried out by a group of experts Reviews: short articles about books, software or websides and PhD Guest and Invited Articles: articles approved by the Editorial Board of the journal. DER publishes issues related with its focus and scope and also monographic issues, centered on a specific subject. Both of them are subjected to a peer review process. Finally, this journal is published by the Digital Education Observatory (OED) and Virtual Teaching and Learning Research Group (GREAV) at the Universitat de Barcelona.