Children YouTubers and the process of video creation: evidence of transmedia competences in action

This paper analyses the process of creation and diffusion of videos that young YouTubers develop, in order to understand the kind of abilities deployed through it. Using the digital ethnography method, the study evidences some technical, social and critical abilities, which point to a different expe...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Leon, Laura
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2018
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repository:Comunicación y Sociedad
Language:Spanish
English
OAI Identifier:oai:comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx:article/7080
Online Access:https://www.comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/comsoc/article/view/7080
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Digital literacy
transmedia literacy
video
YouTube
YouTuber
Perú
Alfabetización digital
alfabetización transmedia
videos
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Summary:This paper analyses the process of creation and diffusion of videos that young YouTubers develop, in order to understand the kind of abilities deployed through it. Using the digital ethnography method, the study evidences some technical, social and critical abilities, which point to a different experience, lived within the contemporary collaborative culture.