Document Type : REVIEW PAPER

Author

• Mohammad Jafar Esfandiari (Iran)

MA in Department of Communication Sciences, Radio and Television University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

With the advent of new media technologies in recent decades, the process of family mediaization is gradually observed. On the other hand, the change in the physical nature of the new mobile media from something belonging to the public space to the private space creates a new world of communication called home-to-shoulder communication, which contrasts with the generality of the realm of the home and the use of new media. Along with other factors and elements of the modern social world, it leads to a kind of individualistic character. Some theorists, meanwhile, argue that the media will not necessarily transform the communication traditions that govern traditional institutions such as religion and the family; Rather, it can transform them and give them new life. This means that new media technologies are not inherently and algebraically in conflict with the traditional communication structures and oral communication traditions that govern societies; Therefore, we can talk about the convergence of new communication technologies with traditional institutions and communications such as family and religion, but the realization of this institutional convergence between the family and new media - deeply - depends on the media participation of parents; Therefore, many researchers and policymakers with a background in media literacy have turned to convergent and institutionalized approaches that can organize children's media encounters and expenditures in the informal context of family and family relationships. To achieve this, a set of participatory support mechanisms and methods can be designed and implemented for parental involvement; Mechanisms, the major part of which is related to the environmental and contextual conditions of media reception and consumption, and the other part is focused on the content of new media. Based on this and in order of priority, two participatory supportive approaches will be applicable for parents; Textual and hypertextual mediation. Accordingly, the most important purpose of textual mediation is direct and text-oriented guidance of children to deal with inappropriate content available to them; The most important goal of hypertext mediation is to shift the individual scale of new personal media to a collective and family quality by relying on positive and indirect environmental factors. In this research, an attempt has been made to pursue the challenge of new media in contrast to family values ​​on the path to a convergent and participatory approach.

Keywords

• Family Values
• Media Literacy
• New Media
• Convergent Approach
• Participatory Approach
• Textual Mediation
• Hypertext Mediation

Main Subjects

• Religion and Cyberspace