Music-Enriched, Family Critical Media Literacy Practices: A Multiple Case Study in the United States (Poster 34)

• In Event: Sunday Poster Session 7:45 am
  In Poster Session: Early Education and Child Development: Poster Session 2

Abstract

This study explored how Korean mothers in the United States used music videos to enhance their children’s critical engagement with media representations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guided by the conceptual framework drawn from new literacies, critical media literacy, and sociocultural theory, we employed a multiple case study approach focusing on two 4-year-old children and their mothers. The analysis revealed that family media literacy practices that include critical conversations and guided discussions in two languages can serve as a medium for bilingual children and parents together to analyze content and challenge the dominant gender discourses found in children’s music videos. Findings from this study suggest positive roles of parents for creating a media-rich critical literacy space for young bilingual learners.

Authors

• So Jung Kim, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

• Soyeon Park, San Francisco State University