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Electronic media have become part of the daily life of children and have made that life increasingly complex. The media supply a never-ending flow of images and sounds which compete with and alter the contents and eventually the value of primary face-to-face relationships. The transformation of childhood by means of electronic technology has remained largely unexplored terrain, despite its vast and growing importance. One must also recognize that the first wave of media research is largely obsolete because of the increasing number and diversity of equipment available in homes and because advanced digital technologies disseminate qualitatively and quantitatively more information than the small black-and-white television screen of the sixties. By making both pictures and sounds ever more technically perfect, more explicit and colorful, more packed with details, they actually, in Marshall McLuhan’s words, make the new media “hot” rather than “cool”. The accelerated pace and rhythm of “the flow of information” and the availability of the media everywhere also create new kinds of audiences, of which children are one example.

From the point of view of early socialization, the transformations of the contemporary media world can usefully be divided into three separate groups of phenomena: firstly, the general informationalization of society including  globalization, changes in patterns of family and working life, and the rapid and risky expansion of information  technologies; secondly, the overall increase in both consensual and non-consensual media exposure and overexposure in various domestic or institutional contexts (e.g. day care); and thirdly, the transformations in the consciousness, feelings and sensations of the audiences, from the dreadful to the blissful, disseminated by the media. The use of images instead of and in addition to words has immeasurably intensified television’s importance to younger children with their limited language capacities. The media penetrate young children’s lives at multiple levels, psychologically and sociologically, from the level of everyday life and media-related social interaction to the level of children’s own media-induced experiences.

I’ve read the text entitled « How Informationalization is Reflected in the Everyday Life of Children». This is a text published in the magazine «BULLETIN». The author of the text is not mentioned.

The text is about electronic media and their importance in our life. The main idea of the text is to show some waves of media research.

The text starts with the fact the media show a never-ending flow of images and sounds. I’d like to quote the author “Electronic media have become part of the daily life of children”. Then the author describes digital technologies. Besides the author stresses that the fast pace and rhythm of “the flow of information” give new arts of audiences, such as children.

Finally, the author comes to the conclusion that the media affect young children’s lives at such psychological and sociological levels.

The text is informative, so in my opinion it is worth reading.