Youth and media: How do we get children to consume the news?
More and more people around the world are consuming news. However, in many countries, a large percentage of the population is left out of the market: children.
A newspaper for youth called Mi Super Diario is changing that reality in Bolivia and Mexico, according to a recent article in Editor & Publisher magazine. In Mexico City alone, Mi Super Diario distributes 1.15 million copies every two weeks to local grammar schools.
"Children just as much as adults need a newspaper that explains the current news, informs them about their world and how to understand it -- all in perfect Spanish," says Carlos Echeverry, founder of Mi Super Diario.
Do children in your region consume news? How do you think journalists in your region can better involve youth in the media landscape? Which issues should be covered in youth media, and which should be left out?


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Reading culture can best be
Reading culture can best be explained as a learned practice of seeking knowledge, information or entertainment through the written word. Such practice can be acquired by reading books, journals, magazines, newspaper, etc, but the culture is lacking in Cameroonians, let alone the children. Reading difficulties, poorly presentation in the form of kids’ magazines and newspapers, the ramifications of technological media and the inadequate accessibility to the print media can be the first reasons why children aren’t interested in reading in the first place. These notwithstanding, the lack of a reading culture in children can be prevented. The best way to develop reading skills in children is making them inspire to read in the early age of their childhood. When introduced at an early age, reading skills can be achieved in kids without much difficulty. This can be by introducing reading as an enjoyable activity. It should be highly motivating and not stressful for the children. Games and surprises should be part of reading activities. Children will be interested with something fun and enjoyable. When you introduce reading as simply a task that they should do because they have to, expect a negative result. After having instilled the reading culture in children, they would end up loving to read all forms of documents including news papers, journals and magazines. Children will develop interest in reading the news provided they are well presented for their liking. The more colorful and interesting the news is, the more enjoyable children will be. News paper producers should endeavour to lay emphasis on the form, and the editors should do the same for the content when designing kids’ newspapers, journals and magazines. The form should be highly interesting, with short texts in big colourful prints and illustrations that easily narrate the stories to enable easy understanding. On the parts of the editors on the other hand, the choice of the content should depend on the ability and age of the children, and must respect their moral integrity and meet their information needs; the content should reflect something which they can relate to. Today’s children are distracted by the fall outs from technological innovation in the world today. These include the easy availability of entertainment media, games and gambling; they prefer to play card games or indulge some other pastime outside of reading. Access to modern technology such as the internet should be closely monitored and restrict access time for the children. Rather, the government can help by assisting schools with functional libraries that children can loan the required newspapers, journals and/or magazines from and read at leisure. The problem of lack of adequate availability and accessibility to kids’ print media can be harnessed by community libraries, which are a source for improving the reading culture. These should be widely made availability within all communities in cities, towns as well as in rural areas all over the country, with an updated collection; their services should be made pleasant enough to attract children of all ages to read for news and information. Indeed, going to a library should be a pleasant experience for every child interest in reading. Communities can be called upon to help in building up their libraries for their children's sake. I think that if the above guide is applied in Cameroon, children can be goaded to consume the news. Cletus Agha Njumbe, Bangkok Thailand, aghacle@yahoo.com
Reading culture can best be
Reading culture can best be explained as a learned practice of seeking knowledge, information or entertainment through the written word. Such practice can be acquired by reading books, journals, magazines, newspaper, etc, but the culture is lacking in Cameroonians, let alone the children. Reading difficulties, poorly presentation in the form of kids’ magazines and newspapers, the ramifications of technological media and the inadequate accessibility to the print media can be the first reasons why children aren’t interested in reading in the first place. These notwithstanding, the lack of a reading culture in children can be prevented. The best way to develop reading skills in children is making them inspire to read in the early age of their childhood. When introduced at an early age, reading skills can be achieved in kids without much difficulty. This can be by introducing reading as an enjoyable activity. It should be highly motivating and not stressful for the children. Games and surprises should be part of reading activities. Children will be interested with something fun and enjoyable. When you introduce reading as simply a task that they should do because they have to, expect a negative result. After having instilled the reading culture in children, they would end up loving to read all forms of documents including news papers, journals and magazines. Children will develop interest in reading the news provided they are well presented for their liking. The more colorful and interesting the news is, the more enjoyable children will be. News paper producers should endeavour to lay emphasis on the form, and the editors should do the same for the content when designing kids’ newspapers, journals and magazines. The form should be highly interesting, with short texts in big colourful prints and illustrations that easily narrate the stories to enable easy understanding. On the parts of the editors on the other hand, the choice of the content should depend on the ability and age of the children, and must respect their moral integrity and meet their information needs; the content should reflect something which they can relate to. Today’s children are distracted by the fall outs from technological innovation in the world today. These include the easy availability of entertainment media, games and gambling; they prefer to play card games or indulge some other pastime outside of reading. Access to modern technology such as the internet should be closely monitored and restrict access time for the children. Rather, the government can help by assisting schools with functional libraries that children can loan the required newspapers, journals and/or magazines from and read at leisure. The problem of lack of adequate availability and accessibility to kids’ print media can be harnessed by community libraries, which are a source for improving the reading culture. These should be widely made availability within all communities in cities, towns as well as in rural areas all over the country, with an updated collection; their services should be made pleasant enough to attract children of all ages to read for news and information. Indeed, going to a library should be a pleasant experience for every child interest in reading. Communities can be called upon to help in building up their libraries for their children's sake. I think that if the above guide is applied in Cameroon, children can be goaded to consume the news. Cletus Agha Njumbe, Bangkok Thailand, aghacle@yahoo.com
Make it kid-friendly. Use a
Make it kid-friendly. Use a model similar to what DiscoveryKids does with Science (which, I find, is very effective).
Да, хороших детских изданий о
Да, хороших детских изданий о современных событиях явно не хватает. Издается много развлекательных и образовательных проектов, а новостных - увы...
The idea is not to get
The idea is not to get children to consume news from the adult world. Children have their own perception of what is important, and what constitutes as news. We have been engaging with children and media for the past ten years in India. And time and again we have seen a lack of children's perspectives in the mainstream media platforms.
To remedy this, we have launched a media company only for children and young people called Jalebi Ink where they talk about, report and write on their world, their news, issues that matter to them. (www.jalebiink.com)
Our idea is to create non-consumption oriented, intelligent content for young adults, a substantial part of which will be generated by children themselves.
And it is a site for children from all backgrounds, all socio-economic sections of society. We have had reports and interviews from children from the slums and shanties too. A construction labourer's son talked about the houses his father has built for people like us. Or a nine year old village boy from Goa who has filed a court case against a mining company for ruining his village - he was forced to lieave the village after he developed breathing problems. An eleven year old girl has written about how upset she was when her mother and she were not treated as well as the male visitors at a temple -- only because they were female. This gender bias is something that is prevalent in a lot of temples in India even now.
ANURADHA SENGUPTA MANAGING EDITOR, JALEBI INK MEDIA URL: www.jalebiink.com
Children in my country
Children in my country Cameroon hardly read the newspaper or listen to the radio or watch the TV news. This goes to confirm a general problem in the country which is the reading culture of Cameroonians. Although in some secondary schools there are journalism clubs, this effort is not enough to bring the youths as a whole to love the news because the clubs are coordinated by non journalists with little or no knowledge on the ethics and deontology of the profession. I think to better attract children to follow-up the news, cartoons should be designed in the spirit of broadcasting or newspaper production. this might cause children to develop interest in the news and journalism as a whole; this should however be oriented towards moral values. News on terrorism and war in general should be discouraged Paul Ndemaloah
Recently, I had an
Recently, I had an opportunity to interact with school students of the age group 12 to 15 years. Boys and girls from different International schools across Jeddah, actively particpated in the debate about proposals in Indian federal budget. But when sked about the newspaper reading habit, it was a shocking information to hear from them. Only two among the 50 plus students read. But all of them have twitter and facebook accounts. This revelation is a matter of great concern to all working in print media, especailly those employed in English language dailies. They should do something to attract the younger generations. They can include more stories and features on comics, batman, spiderman, benton and anything that could bring back the readers. C.O.T Azeez, Jeddah KSA
Recently, I had an
Recently, I had an opportunity to interact with school students of the age group 12 to 15 years. Boys and girls from different International schools across Jeddah, actively particpated in the debate about proposals in Indian federal budget. But when sked about the newspaper reading habit, it was a shocking information to hear from them. Only two among the 50 plus students read. But all of them have twitter and facebook accounts. This revelation is a matter of great concern to all working in print media, especailly those employed in English language dailies. They should do something to attract the younger generations. They can include more stories and features on comics, batman, spiderman, benton and anything that could bring back the readers.
This brings up the question
This brings up the question of news literacy, which is becoming a really important topic -- usually for high school age kids and above. But really, it needs to start even sooner. Young people today get information from so many different sources -- TV, movies, music, the internet -- and it can be especially hard for them to know whom to trust. Parents and teachers need to learn how to help their children evaluate where their information is coming from -- even at a very young age. I wonder how many IJNet users around the world are aware of news literacy efforts in their countries -- and how young those efforts are starting.
Mi Super Diario sounds great -- I hope it's very successful.
Patrick Butler USA
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