Children in the Information Society : The Case of Finland

, by Suoranta, Juha; Lehtimaki, Hanna; Liikala, Hanna

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ISBN: 9780820468297 | 0820468290
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/1/2004

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Hanna Lehtimaki is a researcher and a consultant in Life Works Consulting Ltd., where she is Senior Partner.

List of Tables

vii

Foreword

Acknowledgments

1. INTRODUCTION

(6)

What Information Society?

(1)

Whose Information Society?

(2)

The Shape of the Book

(2)

2. CHILDREN IN THE MEDIA CULTURE LIKE FISH IN WATER

(14)

The Information Society in Machines

(5)

The New Communities of TV-Watching

(3)

Use of Mobile Phones: Gaming Outranks Calling

(2)

Use of Computers: A Multifunctional Machine

(4)

3. THE MEDIA IN CHILDREN'S EVERYDAY LIVES

(34)

Children Like All Kinds of TV Programs

(7)

Mobile Parenting and Organization of Daily Life

(11)

The Significance of the Computer for Children: A Toy and a Useful Machine

(5)

Restrictions and Liberties in Media Use: The Adaptation Hypothesis

(11)

4. FREE TIME IN A MEDIA CULTURE

(20)

Hobbies and Their Accumulation

(10)

Children's Ideal Professions and fifty Fun and Sad Moments

(4)

Gaming: Learning or Pure Fun?

(6)

5. MEDIA CULTURE IN SCHOOL

(18)

Media Culture as a Pedagogical Force

(8)

General Skills in Media Culture

(6)

Children Want to Participate

(4)

6. CHILDREN AS PARTICIPANTS IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY

(20)

Everyday Life in the Family and the Culture of Being Busy

(7)

Who Participates in What?

100

(3)

Arenas for Children's Participation

103

(10)

7. INFORMATION SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN?

113

(12)

8. CONDUCTING A SURVEY ON CHILDREN

125

(8)

Methodological Starting Points

125

(2)

How Did We Conduct the Query?

127

(2)

What Kind of Data Did We Have?

129

(1)

How Did We Analyze the Data?

130

(3)

Appendix 1: Questionnaire

133

(6)

Appendix 2: Teacher's Instructions

139

(2)

Appendix 3: Interview Themes

141

(4)

References

145

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Children in the Information Society : The Case of Finland

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