DIGITAL MEDIA AND CHILDREN ENTRUSTED TO THE SCREEN

Abstract

When today's digital mass media are evaluated in terms of the age of being in virtual environments, the control and supervision of the child and young audience by the parents and the trainer comes to the fore. In the relationship between the child and the screen, the child experiences screen addiction and this screen has started to take a key role in the child's life, just like a parent.

The aim of the study is to identify possible risks and dangers that children and young people may encounter in virtual environments; It is aimed to emphasize the cooperation of parents and trainers in accessing these environments. In this context, in the study, firstly, the positive and negative effects of the existing content that highlights the child theme in the title of digital media and children are explained. The second title of the related study was determined as the effects of digitalization on child psychology; face-to-face communication and screen-based communication were compared. In the third part of the study, the effects of parents and trainers on digitalization were examined. In the last part of the related study, the concept of digital media literacy is discussed.

In the study, a literature review was made; The sources of experts and academics were taken as reference.