Original Television Production for Children in the Context of the Development of Media Literacy of Primary School Pupils

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Pages: 191-204
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/NQDZ2591

Abstract:

The paper deals with the possibilities of developing media literacy in the field of original television drama for children. Drama television production for children has a long tradition in Slovakia and reached its peak (production of a number of titles of various genres), especially in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century. In the first part, we will present selected genre-diverse titles (especially bedtime stories and feature series), which have achieved success in the international context, and even today, several of them are part of the RTVS program structure. Media literacy includes a combination of skills and abilities in four basic areas: approach, assessment / critical attitude, analysis and creativity. In this paper, we focus our attention mainly on critical attitude and analysis. The second part of the paper will present the results of work with primary education students (research will take place within the Prešov Children‘s University 2020), which will present selected titles of television production for children in order to develop their media literacy based on joint evaluation and analysis.

Keywords:

original production for children; media literacy; bedtime stories; children’s audience; younger school age.

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