Study finds decline in ‘media and aesthetic literacy’ among young people
Study finds decline in ‘media and aesthetic literacy’ among young people
2023-12-04
A new study on the internet habits of under-18s has found a decline in “media and aesthetic literacy” among young people. The research looked at students from third grade to the end of high school. It found that young people spend on average 26 hours a week online on their phone. But their capacity to navigate with agency through the minefield of online data has declined. The study was conducted by National Central University researchers, together with Cyber Angel’s Pick, an advocate for children’s safety online. Lawmakers and broadcasting regulators say that more should be done to create accountability for the producers of online media.
Head down, endlessly scrolling: It’s a bad habit for many people. And it’s no longer just adults. Young people are using electronics more and more, and the age of users keeps dropping.
Huang Wei-wei
NCU College of Communication professor
The information they receive is short videos. We did a study on aesthetic literacy, and we found a significant decline in young people’s ability to search about, and to understand, information on local Taiwanese culture and art.
Scholars have seen a sharp rise in the length of time students spend on their phones each week. But media literacy has not risen in tandem. The study results show that, on average, young people engage in physical exercise for seven hours a week, watch TV for six hours a week, and spent 26.2 hours a week online on their phones.
Chen Yi-mei
Satellite Television Broadcasting Association
Offshore enterprises get more than NT$40 billion in digital advertising revenue from Taiwan – tens of billions. But do they shoulder the costs of labor? Do they cultivate an ecosystem? That’s before we get onto all the piracy.
Short videos became a big phenomenon in recent years. Transnational video platforms have made a big impact in Taiwan. Often with no age restrictions, attention-grabbing videos full of sexual or violent images and scams are everywhere. They earn a lot of ad revenue, without accepting social responsibility.
Chiu Chih-wei
DPP lawmaker
I think this is something executive departments need to work hard on. In terms of policy, we can guide and support industry to have more motivation and capacity to produce more material on aesthetic education.
The internet throws up fresh novelties every day. Lawmakers are calling on public bodies to do more to regulate the internet in a fair way, to ensure it doesn’t become a threat to public safety.
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政大攜手白絲帶關懷協會 籲防範青少兒網路成癮
2023-12-04
政治大學攜手白絲帶關懷協會，針對小三到大四青年學生，進行美感素養與上網趨勢調查報告，發現青少兒每週使用手機時間，每週超過26小時，等於每天3個多小時小時都在滑手機，加上疫情遠距教學，網路使用者年齡下降。學者提醒，恐怕會對青少兒身心發展造成影響。
拿起手機低頭猛滑，幾乎是現代人的壞習慣，只是不只成年人，青少年使用3C產品的越來越頻繁，年齡層還持續往下探！
[[政治大學傳播學院教授 黃葳威]]
“他們接觸到的訊息就是短影音，我們在看美感素養調查，發現年輕人在對於，台灣自己的本土文化、藝術資訊，搜尋能力跟理解是相當低落”
學者觀察，現今學生每週使用手機時間暴增，但媒體識讀能力，卻沒有同步提升，調查數據顯示，青少兒每週運動7小時，看電視6小時，但手機上網時間卻高達26.21小時。
[[衛星公會秘書長 陳依玫]]
“(境外)業主從我們台灣，拿四百多億(數位廣告收入)，拿上百億的收入，請問它有承擔人力成本?有承擔一個生態系嗎?更何況還充滿了盜版”
近幾年短影音出現，境外跨國平台把手伸進國內，為博眼球沒有年齡限制，色情、暴力詐騙在雲端氾濫，賺取大把數位廣告收益，卻無需承擔社會責任。
[[立委(民)邱志偉]]
“我想這是行政部門要去努力的，政策上能夠引導，協助產業界有更多動力跟能量，來製作更多關於美感教育的素材”
科技網路日新月異，立委呼籲相關單位，更應善盡公平監理責任，才能確保螢幕不會成為治安破口。
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