Dijital Medya Okuryazarlığında Anne ve Baba Eğitimi

Abstract

We live in an age where digital media such as computers, mobile phones and the internet are used extensively. With the development and spread of these media means, social relations, individual life and especially family relations have been transformed. The effects of computer-based digital media have become more and more prominent. The fact that parents and children can access to an unlimited number of media content on the internet and consume intensively through mobile phones, tablets and computers may have consequences on family relations and communication styles. The education and awareness raising of parents on digital media literacy is an important part of media literacy education. Today, it is a necessity for the family members of all ages to be a conscious media literate in order to avoid social and individual problems and risks in their relations with digital technologies. Digital literacy aims to minimize the negative aspects of communication technologies by developing positive features. Experts conduct important discussions on the problems and risks of digital media usage and a qualified digital media literacy is recommended as one of the indispensables of our time. In this context, in this study, there is a discussion about why parents should be digital media literate, the effects of digital media on family relations and child development, the contribution of digital literate parents to family relations and child education.