Towards a Psychology of Media Education

Milka Lehtonen*, Lence Miloseva**, Tom Page***, Gisli Thorsteinsson****
* University of Lapland, Finland
** Vice—Presidenf for Academic Affairs of the new State University "Goce Delcev," Stip, Macedonia
*** Loughborough University, UK.
**** Assistant Professor. Department of Design and Craft Education, Iceland University of Education
Periodicity:August - October'2008
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.2.2.336

Abstract

This study will introduce some of the fundamentals and rationale for the Psychology of Media Education based on Developmental Psychology. It is an important area of study of a modern teacher profession and teacher education and a new field of multi- , inter- and trans-disciplinary knowledge and research. We argue that without a doubt the different symbol- or media environments are influencing young children, adolescents and adults in their everyday life. We could even speak about media(ted) cultures based on media environments including traditional printed media, audiovisual media, interactive computer media and the rapidly growing phenomena like mobile communication, CMMC (computer mediated multimedia communications), web-communities, networked games and virtual reality communities. The significance and influence of media environments need to be publicly recognised in educational contexts of children and adolescents too.

Keywords

Developmental Psychology, Model, Media Education.

How to Cite this Article?

Milka Lehtonen, Lence Miloseva, Tom Page and Gisli Thorsteinsson (2008). Towards a Psychology of Media Education. i-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology, 2(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.2.2.336

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