Media Education is crucial in the digital age, yet educational interventions often remain fragmented and ineffective. This article presents a new approach to Media Education by adopting multimodal discourse analysis (MDA) as a research-action tool in schools. Specifically, it describes the objectives, methodologies, and results of a PCTO project entitled “Media Education and Active Citizenship 4.0” conducted between 2021 and 2024 with 200 high school students. This contribution illustrates how this methodology was employed to analyze discourse on climate change in the media, presented as a case study. The results show that while many students often reproduce the alarming media frame typical of multimodal discourse on climate change, MDA has enabled them to analytically process communicative strategies and create alternative representations. Despite the need for a more accessible metalanguage, the findings confirm the effectiveness of MDA in Media Education practices.
La Media Education è cruciale nell’era digitale, ma gli interventi formativi sono spesso frammentari e inefficaci. Questo articolo presenta un nuovo approccio alla Media Education che adotta l’analisi del discorso multimodale (ADM) come strumento di ricerca-azione nelle scuole. In particolare, l’articolo descrive gli obiettivi, le metodologie e i risultati di un progetto di PCTO intitolato “Media Education e cittadinanza attiva 4.0,” svolto tra il 2021 e il 2024 con 200 studenti delle scuole superiori. Il presente contributo illustra come questa metodologia sia stata utilizzata per analizzare il discorso sul cambiamento climatico nei media, presentato come caso di studio. I risultati mostrano che, sebbene molti studenti riproducano il frame mediatico allarmistico tipico del discorso multimodale sul cambiamento climatico, l’ADM ha permesso loro di elaborare analiticamente le strategie comunicative e creare rappresentazioni alternative. Nonostante la necessità di un metalinguaggio più accessibile, i risultati confermano l’efficacia dell’ADM nelle pratiche di Media Education.
Picciuolo, M. (2024). L'analisi del discorso multimodale come metodo di ricerca-azione per l'educazione ai media: un caso pratico di studio. DIVE-IN, 4, 83-113 [10.6092/issn.2785-3233/20096].
L'analisi del discorso multimodale come metodo di ricerca-azione per l'educazione ai media: un caso pratico di studio
Mariangela Picciuolo
2024
Abstract
Media Education is crucial in the digital age, yet educational interventions often remain fragmented and ineffective. This article presents a new approach to Media Education by adopting multimodal discourse analysis (MDA) as a research-action tool in schools. Specifically, it describes the objectives, methodologies, and results of a PCTO project entitled “Media Education and Active Citizenship 4.0” conducted between 2021 and 2024 with 200 high school students. This contribution illustrates how this methodology was employed to analyze discourse on climate change in the media, presented as a case study. The results show that while many students often reproduce the alarming media frame typical of multimodal discourse on climate change, MDA has enabled them to analytically process communicative strategies and create alternative representations. Despite the need for a more accessible metalanguage, the findings confirm the effectiveness of MDA in Media Education practices.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.