Parenting in the Digital Age: A Research On Child Audience and Violence on the Screen

Year 2023, Volume: 08 Issue: 19 - Dijital Ebeveynlik, 814 - 845, 30.09.2023

Türker Söğütlüler , Emrah Başer

https://doi.org/10.37679/trta.1328304

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Increasing internet use and screen time among children, who are considered more vulnerable to the effects of mass media, necessitated new evaluations in the field and strengthening of awareness on this issue. Although digitalization processes that closely affect the social sphere on a global scale and new digital spaces created in this field have various advantages, they pose risks for children. Nowadays, the use of mobile devices and mobile tracking are becoming increasingly common among children and occupy an important place in their daily lives; This has caused them to encounter violence in cinema, advertising and social media content more frequently. The involvement of parents in the process to manage children and their tendencies in the digital field has revealed the concept of digital parenting. Since the concept of digital parenting is new within the deep-rooted history of social sciences, it has been observed that there is no consensus in studies focusing on the field. In the study, which used a descriptive analysis method based on literature review, the findings of research on the effects of violence that children encounter on digital screens, how these elements can be prevented, and the ways digital parents manage their children's viewing activities were compiled. In addition to research in the field, suggestions from sociological organizations and health authorities were included, and all data obtained were interpreted by adopting a relational perspective. The aim of the study is to create a framework for digital parenting strategies and the effects of child viewers' exposure to violence in cinema, advertising and social media content.

Keywords

Digital Parenting, Audience, Cinema, Advertising, Social Media

Dijital Çağda Ebeveyn Olmak: Çocuk İzleyiciler ve Ekrandaki Şiddet Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Kitle iletişim araçlarının etkilerine karşı daha savunmasız olarak değerlendirilen çocuklar arasında artan internet kullanımı ve ekran süreleri, alana yönelik yeni değerlendirmelerin yapılmasını, bu konudaki farkındalıkların güçlendirilmesini gerektirmiştir. Küresel ölçekte toplumsal alanı yakından etkileyen dijitalleşme süreçleri ve bu paydada oluşan yeni dijital alanlar çeşitli avantajlara sahip olmasına rağmen çocuklar için riskler barındırmaktadır. Günümüzde çocuklar arasında mobil araç kullanımı ve mobil izleme eyleminin yaygınlaşarak gündelik yaşamlarında önemli bir yer kaplaması; sinema, reklam ve sosyal medya içeriklerindeki şiddet unsuruyla daha sık karşılaşmalarına neden olmuştur. Çocuklar ve dijital alandaki eğilimlerini yönetmek için ebeveynlerin sürece dâhil olması ise dijital ebeveynlik kavramını ortaya çıkarmıştır. Sosyal bilimlerin köklü geçmişi içinde dijital ebeveynlik kavramının yeni olması sebebiyle, alan üzerine odaklanan çalışmalarda fikir birliğinin oluşmadığı görülmüştür. Literatür taramasına dayalı betimsel analiz yöntemi kullanılan çalışmada çocukların dijital ekranlarda karşılaştığı şiddet unsurunun etkileri, bu unsurların nasıl engellenebileceği ve dijital ebeveynlerin çocuklarının izleme eylemini yönetme biçimlerini konu edinen araştırmaların bulguları derlenmiştir. Alana yönelik araştırmaların yanı sıra, sosyolojik kuruluşlar ve sağlık otoriteleri önerilerine yer verilmiş, elde edilen tüm veriler ilişkisel perspektif benimsenerek yorumlanmıştır. Çalışmada çocuk izleyicilerin sinema, reklam ve sosyal medya içeriklerindeki şiddet unsuruyla karşılaşmasına bağlı etkilere ve dijital ebeveynlik stratejilerine yönelik bir çerçeve oluşturulması amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

Dijital Ebeveynlik, İzleyici, Sinema, Reklam, Sosyal Medya

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