Mediatization and the Audiovisual Narratives of South Madrid Adolescents: Comparing Two Collaborative Research Experiences

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  In Roundtable Session: Adolescent Language Processes

Abstract

This paper compares two studies conducted in Madrid over the last decade in which secondary school students (14-15 years of age) were asked to collaboratively create digital audio-visual narratives. In the first project, adolescents seemed to consider their audiovisual materials as transparent and with self-evident meanings. In the second project, adolescents did problematize meaning and reflexively examined the design of audio-visual media. We explore various complementary elements that might help interpret the differences: (a) rapid historical changes in the digital narratives adolescents are exposed to and engage in; (b) social-class and cultural differences between the participating adolescents in each study; (c) methodological differences in the way adolescents were supported and guided during the creation of their audio-visual narratives.

 

Authors

• David Patrick Poveda, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

• Marta Morgade Salgado, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

• Alberto Verdesoto, Colegio Lourdes / FUHEM