Content analysis of children's digital radio educational literature and its audience

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student, Department of Information Science, Department of Information Science, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Information Science, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Associate Professor, Department of Information Science, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The present study is dedicated to the analysis of the content of children's digital radio educational literature and its audience.The method of the present research has a qualitative approach that Maktabi Fard(2014)has also confirmed it and stated that it seems that the qualitative approach in content analysis is very close to literary criticism as one of the common approaches in literary research. It has been shown that a major part of the content of educational literature in children's digital radio programs is dedicated to mentioning religious, revolutionary, social, etc. teachings.
Findings showed that children's digital radio plays an important role in various aspects of children's educational literature.According to the results obtained for research questions, it should be considered that the realization of the educational goal depends to some extent on the understanding of the audience, so it is suggested that given the vastness of Iran and the cultural differences of children in each age group, Writers and programmers should prepare the necessary content taking into account the cultural differences in different provinces because the level of audience satisfaction is very different.Also, due to the greater access of the audience to cyberspace and the effect of parents' guidance in better understanding children from listening to children's radio's educational programs,it is suggested to writers and programmers that education be provided to parents through children's radio and schools so that they can produce radio programs. Appropriately use parenting programs as further assistance to influence the child and measure the effectiveness of parental guidance.

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