Identity Searching Within Broadcasters in Student Radios.
Author(s):
Peter Dolník (presenting / submitting)
Conference:
ECER 2012
Format:
Paper

Session Information

ERG SES B 13, Music / Media / Art Education

Parallel Paper Session

Time:
2012-09-17
11:00-12:30
Room:
FCEE - Aula 4.8
Chair:
Maria Hilbert

Contribution

Student radios as a community media are considered to be an undiscovered learning environments(Schugurensky, 2006). What do young people learn here?

I suggest that except of broadcasting skills which can one master in a relatively short time, young people  have a safe enivronment here for creative experimentation and training not only for the world of media. They also learn how to negotiate and cooperate within the group, search for information, critical thinking and media literacy. They learn how to give and receive feedback and the sense of community is also reinforced here.
How are these kinds of knowledge and skills created?


The objective is to discover how young people participate and what do they learn in such organizations. My claim is that participation in student radio and commitment to learn here depends on a sense which young people invest to these volunteer activities. My research question is How broadcasters in student radios create their sense for participating in student radio?  

Method

Case study of two student radios from Slovakia and Czech Republic. Fieldwork is provided by participant observations, semi-structured and non-formal interviews. Data were analysed according to grounded theory methodology.

Expected Outcomes

My empirical research has shown another level of learning in student organizations. I see student radios as a places for experimentation with identity of young people. They are trying to build their own worlds with own rules and hierarchy. My conclusions are that such organizations are ideal places for identity moratorium and postponing start to the world of the adults. My aim is to popularise youth media by scholars and employers in Central Europe and volutneer service in general.

References

JEFFS, T., SMITH, M.K.. (2005). Informal education: conversation, democracy and learning. (3 Ed.). Nottingham: Educational Heretics Press. JONUTYTÉ, I., REKIS, D. (2009). 'Self-help opportunities for teenage volunteers in non-governmental organizations'. Social pedagogical aid, 8 (19). MILES, S., et. al (2002). ´Communities of youth : cultural practice and informal learning´ Aldershot : Ashgate SENGE, P. (2007).´The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization, Prague Management press SCHUGURENSKY, D. (2006). ‘This is our school of citizenship. Informal learning in local democracy.’ In Z. Bekerman, N. Burbules and D. Silberman (eds.), Learning in Hidden Places: The Informal Education Reader. Peter Lang: New York SOEP, E., CHÁVEZ, V.(2005). 'Youth Radio and the Pedagogy of Collegiality'. Harvard Educational Review, 75 (4), 27

Author Information

Peter Dolník (presenting / submitting)
Masaryk University
Department of Educational Sciences
Bratislava

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