Parents’ Views of Video Games: Habitus Forms in the Context of Parental Mediation

Authors

Henrike Friedrichs, Bielefeld University, GermanyFollow
Friederike von Gross, Bielefeld University, GermanyFollow
Katharina Herde, Bielefeld University, GermanyFollow
Uwe Sander, Bielefeld University, GermanyFollow

Abstract

This paper is based on a research project conducted in 2014 on parental attitudes to, and their mediation of, video games. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews with 28 parents (14 couples) explored their media-related habitus, their media-educational habitus and the interaction between the habitus. The results show, inter alia, that the media-related habitus has a significant influence on the media-educational habitus.

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Recommended Citation

Friedrichs, H., von Gross, F., Herde, K., & Sander, U. (2015). Parents’ Views of Video Games: Habitus Forms in the Context of Parental Mediation. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 7(1), 58-64. https://doi.org/10.23860/jmle-7-1-6