Youth Research by Video.

Author: Niesyto, Horst
Published: Antwerpen, 1999
Source: International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA) Conference, 14-18 July, 1999.

Abstract

The transformation of reality perception by media makes it necessary to develop new research methods that are not based on language only. The author proposes youth research by video as an appropriate instrument to capture the way today's adoloscents experience the world. He illustrates his points by describing an international research project that investigated the ways in which young people from different countries produce, exchange and interpret video productions. The central aims of the project were to discover whether there are any forms of trans-cultural audio-visual language; and how young people's competencies in media production might be developed and enhanced.

Niesyto, Horst

Horst Niesyto (* 1952) is Professor of Media Education and head of his department at the Ludwigsburg University of Education. His work focuses on media socialization, concepts of practical media education, youth education in- and outside of the class room, and qualitative research of youth and media.

Publications: "VideoCulture: an introduction" (2001), "VideoCulture: conclusions and key findings" (2001), "Children and Media. Image, Education, Participation" (1999).