52<strong>Comunicar</strong>, <strong>39</strong>, XX, 2012AcknowledgementsDr. Susan D. Moeller led the collaborative research for both the «24hours without media» and «The World Unplugged» studies. Inaddition to co-authors Elia Powers and Jessica Roberts, MichaelKoliska, a Ph.D. student also in the Philip Merrill College ofJournalism, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (USA) (mkoliska@umd.edu)was a co-author of this article. Ph.D. students StineEckert, Sergei Golitsinski and Soo-Kwang Oh, together with othergraduate and undergraduate students at the University of Marylandassisted in the analysis of data for «The World Unplugged» study.Faculty at the various participating internatio nal universities wereinvaluable in gathering, translating and evaluating the data fromtheir schools.Notes1 www.withoutmedia.wordpress.com. (12-01-2012).2 Universities participating in «The World Unplugged» (2010-11)study were as follows: Lead University: University of Maryland,College Park – School of Journalism (USA); American University ofBeirut – Department of Social/Behavioral Sciences (Lebanon); Bour -ne mouth University – Media School (United Kingdom); ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong – School of Journalism and Commu -nication (China/Hong Kong); Chongqing University – Literatureand Journalism (China); Hofstra University – School of Commu -nication (USA); Hong Kong Shue Yan University – Department ofJournalism and Communication (China/Hong Kong); MakerereUniversity – Department of Mass Communication (Uganda); Ponti -ficia Universidad Catolica – School of Journalism (Argentina); Pon -ti ficia Universidad Católica de Chile – School of Journalism (Chile);Universidad Iberoamericana – Department of Communica tions(Me xico); University of St. Cyril and Methodius – Marketing andMass Media (Slovakia).3 The template assignment gave to the dozen universities is availablein the following link: www.withoutmedia.word press. com/ -about(12-01-2012).4 That total number of words is approximate because many of thestudents who participated in the global study did not write abouttheir experiences in English.5 In recent semesters, professors at some of the participating internationaluniversities have assigned students following their own«unplugged» exercise to read press coverage about the results of thetwo studies discussed here. 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D O S S I E RReceived: 14-11-2011 / Reviewed: 01-03-2012Accepted: 28-03-2012 / Published: 01-10-2012l Samy Tayie, Manisha Pathak-Shelat & Irma HirsjarviCairo (Egypt), Wisconsin (USA) & Helsinki (Finland)DOI: 10.<strong>39</strong>16/C<strong>39</strong>-2012-02-05Young People’s Interaction with Media inEgypt, India, Finland, Argentina and KenyaLa interacción de los jóvenes con los medios en Egipto, India,Finlandia, Argentina y KeniaABSTRACTIn contemporary information society, finding, evaluating and using information is a key survival skill. Conventionaland new media such as libraries, archives, mass media and the Internet serve an important function in society as thesources of information. This chapter will focus on findings from research that was carried out in Egypt, India,Finland, Argentina and Kenya. Based on empirical research, it gives an overview of how young people today use avariety of sources for information seeking and describes the implications of these findings for media literacy programs.The chapter specifically explores young people’s use of new digital and conventional media for information seekingand disseminating. Media diaries were collected from 175 children in Argentina, 100 in Egypt, 160 in India and 144in Finland by the project researchers. With the help of the Nokia Research Centre we also managed to obtain 48completed diaries from Kenya. All diaries were collected in the first half of 2010. Some light will also be shed onefforts led by international organizations, especially UNESCO, to foster teacher training in media and informationliteracy and create worldwide awareness of this competence.RESUMENEn la actual sociedad de la información, encontrar, valorar y utilizar la comunicación es una estrategia fundamentalde supervivencia. Los medios tradicionales y nuevos como las bibliotecas, archivos, medios de masas o Internet tienenuna función crucial para las sociedades como fuentes de información. Este trabajo presenta los resultados de unestudio llevado a cabo en Egipto, India, Finlandia, Argentina y Kenia. Basado en una investigación empírica, ofreceuna visión general de cómo los jóvenes de hoy en día utilizan diversas fuentes para la búsqueda de información ycuáles son sus implicaciones para los programas de alfabetización mediática. En concreto se explora cómo los jóvenesutilizan los medios digitales (nuevos y convencionales) tanto para buscar información como para difundirla. Losinvestigadores del proyecto recogieron los diarios de medios de comunicación de 175 niños de Argentina, 100 deEgipto, 160 de la India y 144 de Finlandia. Con la ayuda del Nokia Research Centre también pudimos obtener 48diarios completos de Kenia. Todos los diarios fueron recogidos durante el primer semestre de 2010. Los hallazgosgiran en torno a los esfuerzos internacionales, especialmente de la UNESCO, de fomentar la formación docente enalfabetización mediática, creando una conciencia mundial sobre este tipo de alfabetización en los profesores.KEYWORDS / PALABRAS CLAVEYoung people, diaries, information providers, media use, new media, media education, Internet, participation.Jóvenes, diarios, proveedores de información, uso de medios de comunicación, nuevos medios de comunicación,educación en medios, Internet, participación.v Dr. Samy Tayie is Full Professor of the Faculty of Mass Communication at the Cairo University (Egypt)(stayie@link.net).v Dr. Manisha Pathak-Shelat is Research Scholar in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) (shelat@wisc.edu)v Dr. Irma Hirsjarvi is an Independent Schoolar and Lecturer at the Open University (Finland)(irma.hirsjarvi@jyu.fi).<strong>Comunicar</strong>, n. <strong>39</strong>, v. XX, 2012, Scientific Journal of Media Education; ISSN: 1134-3478; pages 53-62www.comunicarjournal.com
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