Coopilton Matthew, Tynes Brendesha M, Gibson Stephen M, Kahne Joseph, English Devin, Nazario Karinna
(formerly Hamilton) recently completed their PhD in urban education policy/education psychology at the University of Southern California and is now a President's Sustainability Postdoctoral Fellow at the USC School of Cinematic Arts' Interactive Media and Games Division. Their research focuses on how people learn and develop critical digital literacies, especially through playing and designing games.
Dean's Professor of Educational Equity and professor of education and psychology at the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on the racial landscape adolescents navigate in online settings, online racial discrimination, critical race digital literacy, and the design of digital tools that empower youth of color.
Ann Am Acad Pol Soc Sci. 2023 Jan;705(1):208-230. doi: 10.1177/00027162231195186. Epub 2023 Nov 4.
Adolescents' heavy engagement with digital news and social media brings them considerable exposure to race-related content, especially during election cycles. We assess how well young people navigate that kind of digital content, using a nationally representative longitudinal study in which baseline data was collected during and after the 2020 election. We categorize young people's responses to two real-life examples of digital media related to participation in the election as beginner, emerging, and mastery level in terms of their ability to critique racism. We also find responses that we categorize as race evasive, anticritical, and white supremacist. Most of these young people performed at the beginner level, and a minority achieved mastery. We argue that there is a clear need for young people to be better prepared to assess race-related online information and that educators need to support them in developing those skills.
青少年大量接触数字新闻和社交媒体，使他们大量接触到与种族相关的内容，尤其是在选举期间。我们利用一项具有全国代表性的纵向研究来评估年轻人如何应对这类数字内容，该研究的基线数据是在2020年选举期间及之后收集的。我们根据年轻人批判种族主义的能力，将他们对与参与选举相关的两个数字媒体现实例子的反应分为初级、进阶和精通水平。我们还发现了一些被我们归类为回避种族问题、反批判和白人至上主义的反应。这些年轻人大多处于初级水平，少数人达到了精通水平。我们认为，年轻人显然需要更好地准备好评估与种族相关的在线信息，教育工作者需要支持他们培养这些技能。
