Mobile Storytelling and Informal Education in a Suburban Area: A Qualitative Study on the Potential of Digital Narratives for Young Second-Generation Immigrants

Autor/inn/en	Ranieri, Maria; Bruni, Isabella
Titel	Mobile Storytelling and Informal Education in a Suburban Area: A Qualitative Study on the Potential of Digital Narratives for Young Second-Generation Immigrants
Quelle	In: Learning, Media and Technology, 38 (2013) 2, S.217-235 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1743-9884
DOI	10.1080/17439884.2013.724073
Schlagwörter	Story Telling; Informal Education; Suburbs; Immigrants; Foreign Countries; Telecommunications; Social Networks; Computer Mediated Communication; Adolescents; Media Literacy; Web 2.0 Technologies; Participation; Low Income Groups; Workshops; Social Change; Social Development; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Einzugsbereich; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Ausland; Telekommunikationstechnik; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Computerkonferenz; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Teilnahme; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Sozialer Wandel; Soziale Entwicklung; Italien
Abstract	The article discusses an action-research study focused on developing participatory attitudes and the self-expression skills of a group ("N"?=?15) of second-generation immigrant adolescents who live in an urban suburb in Italy. The research study was based on mobile storytelling, a practice of personal multimedia storytelling conducted through mobile devices in connection with social networking services. The findings reveal that encouraging certain uses of the media can have positive effects on the expression of identities and collaborative practices, particularly for marginalised groups. At the same time, a certain laconicism and misspelling tends to characterise the mobile stories created by the teens, which reveals their difficulties in linguistic communication. From this perspective, it is evident that the use of digital media can reinforce pre-existing divisions and therefore there is now a need for public education to play a more active role in balancing inequalities with the development of technical, social and linguistic skills. (Contains 2 figures and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10