What is WhatsApp for?: developing transmedia skills and informal learning strategies through the use of WhatsApp: a case study with teenagers from Spain

Smartphones and WhatsApp are, respectively, the medium and application that Spanish teenagers most want. However, research into the use of WhatsApp is still quantitatively and qualitatively limited. In addition, little research has been carried out regarding its impact on the development of transmed...

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Autores: Costa Sánchez, Carmen, Guerrero Pico, María del Mar
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Transmedia skills
Transmedia literacy
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spelling What is WhatsApp for?: developing transmedia skills and informal learning strategies through the use of WhatsApp: a case study with teenagers from SpainCosta Sánchez, CarmenGuerrero Pico, María del MarSmartphoneWhatsApp usesTransmedia skillsTransmedia literacySpainSmartphones and WhatsApp are, respectively, the medium and application that Spanish teenagers most want. However, research into the use of WhatsApp is still quantitatively and qualitatively limited. In addition, little research has been carried out regarding its impact on the development of transmedia skills and informal learning strategies outside the classroom. This article aims to expand the knowledge on teenagers’ motivations and their development of transmedia skills and informal learning strategies in relation to their use of WhatsApp. Specifically, a qualitative analysis of data gathered from workshops, interviews, and media diaries is applied as part of a case study methodology involving teenagers from 10 schools located in five different Spanish regions. The results reveal the new WhatsApp uses teenagers are applying in their daily lives as well as the skills and strategies they are developing through said uses in the context of interpersonal and group (WhatsApp groups) interactions: on one hand, production, social, content, and individual management skills, and on the other hand, learning by doing, teaching, and evaluating strategies.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain (Grant No. CSO2014-56250-R), corresponding to the project Transalfabetismos: Competencias transmedia y estrategias informales de aprendizaje de los adolescentes [Transliteracies: Teenagers’ transmedia skills and informal learning strategies].SAGE Publications202020202020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/45693http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2056305120942886reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésSocial Media + Society. 2020 Jul 27;6(3):11p.info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/CSO2014-56250-RThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/456932026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv What is WhatsApp for?: developing transmedia skills and informal learning strategies through the use of WhatsApp: a case study with teenagers from Spain
title What is WhatsApp for?: developing transmedia skills and informal learning strategies through the use of WhatsApp: a case study with teenagers from Spain
spellingShingle What is WhatsApp for?: developing transmedia skills and informal learning strategies through the use of WhatsApp: a case study with teenagers from Spain
Costa Sánchez, Carmen
Smartphone
WhatsApp uses
Transmedia skills
Transmedia literacy
Spain
title_short What is WhatsApp for?: developing transmedia skills and informal learning strategies through the use of WhatsApp: a case study with teenagers from Spain
title_full What is WhatsApp for?: developing transmedia skills and informal learning strategies through the use of WhatsApp: a case study with teenagers from Spain
title_fullStr What is WhatsApp for?: developing transmedia skills and informal learning strategies through the use of WhatsApp: a case study with teenagers from Spain
title_full_unstemmed What is WhatsApp for?: developing transmedia skills and informal learning strategies through the use of WhatsApp: a case study with teenagers from Spain
title_sort What is WhatsApp for?: developing transmedia skills and informal learning strategies through the use of WhatsApp: a case study with teenagers from Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Costa Sánchez, Carmen
Guerrero Pico, María del Mar
author Costa Sánchez, Carmen
author_facet Costa Sánchez, Carmen
Guerrero Pico, María del Mar
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Smartphone
WhatsApp uses
Transmedia skills
Transmedia literacy
Spain
topic Smartphone
WhatsApp uses
Transmedia skills
Transmedia literacy
Spain
description Smartphones and WhatsApp are, respectively, the medium and application that Spanish teenagers most want. However, research into the use of WhatsApp is still quantitatively and qualitatively limited. In addition, little research has been carried out regarding its impact on the development of transmedia skills and informal learning strategies outside the classroom. This article aims to expand the knowledge on teenagers’ motivations and their development of transmedia skills and informal learning strategies in relation to their use of WhatsApp. Specifically, a qualitative analysis of data gathered from workshops, interviews, and media diaries is applied as part of a case study methodology involving teenagers from 10 schools located in five different Spanish regions. The results reveal the new WhatsApp uses teenagers are applying in their daily lives as well as the skills and strategies they are developing through said uses in the context of interpersonal and group (WhatsApp groups) interactions: on one hand, production, social, content, and individual management skills, and on the other hand, learning by doing, teaching, and evaluating strategies.
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