Small Screen Technology Use among Indigenous Boarding School Adolescents from Remote Regions of Western Australia

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Genevieve Marie; Oliver, Rhonda
Titel	Small Screen Technology Use among Indigenous Boarding School Adolescents from Remote Regions of Western Australia
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 43 (2014) 2, S.75-84 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1326-0111
DOI	10.1017/jie.2014.15
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Technology Uses in Education; Adolescents; Indigenous Populations; Boarding Schools; Rural Schools; Television; Video Games; Computer Uses in Education; Internet; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Student Attitudes; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sinti und Roma; Boarding school; Internat; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Computernutzung; Telekommunikationstechnik; Schülerverhalten; Australien
Abstract	The uptake of small screen technology by adolescents is widespread, particularly in industrial nations. Whether the same is true for Australian Aboriginal youth is less clear as there is a dearth of research in this regard. Therefore, in this exploratory study the use of small screen technology by Indigenous students was examined. Twenty-four Indigenous adolescents (mean age 16.4 years) attending a boarding school in a remote region of Western Australia participated in individual and in-depth structured interviews that queried their use of: (1) television, (2) video games, (3) computers, (4) the internet, and (5) mobile phones. The results showed that mobile phones were the most frequently used and the most popular (i.e., they were nominated as first choice in a hypothetical scenario), followed by the internet, whereas television, video games and computers were used less often. It did appear that mobile phones were used by participating Aboriginal adolescents in ways similar to non-Indigenous adolescents (e.g., not only to make phone calls, but also to send text messages and access the internet). However, their mobile phone use did reflect differences based on their cultural values and identity, and also reflected their physical distance from their family (i.e., because of their enrolment at a boarding school). This study supports anecdotal evidence of a rapid uptake of mobile phones by Indigenous adolescents. It also suggests that as the small screen technology of choice, they have the potential to be utilised for educational opportunities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01