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Centering Girls' (Media-Making) Stories: A Pandemic Exploration of Video-Storytellers and their Practices, Personas, and Projects

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dc.contributor.advisorJenson, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorTerzopoulos, Tatyana Zofia
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-14T16:25:49Z
dc.date.available2022-12-14T16:25:49Z
dc.date.copyright2022-06-01
dc.date.issued2022-12-14
dc.date.updated2022-12-14T16:25:48Z
dc.degree.disciplineEducation
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThis interdisciplinary, feminist-informed research explores racialized tween and teen girls’ video-based storytelling and considers how extracurricular programs can support their media-making. Drawing from youth media cultures and media education scholarship, this work aligns with and builds upon research about community-based youth documentary media-making initiatives and limited yet pivotal scholarship that centres girls’—marginalized girls in particular—experiences, including as media-makers. It was further motivated by the prevailing lack of diverse representation in key creative and leadership roles in media industries, my experiences as a woman working in media, and the paucity of research on Canadian youth and their experiences learning about and making media. My inquiry was underpinned by feminist theory, public pedagogy, and feminist media. Utilizing a qualitative case study design, I designed and facilitated a virtual digital storytelling program in Spring 2021 of the pandemic; four ethnoracially-diverse and marginalized girl-identifying youth from Toronto participated in both the program and research study. Research methods included interviews, vlogs, participant-created media, observational footage, and researcher notes. Analysis involved immersing myself in each participant’s data to holistically consider the creative, technical, and social dimensions of her video-storytelling; I also coded interviews and vlogs to identify themes that united the participants. Inspired by Lange’s (2014) exploration of youth technical identities and Lawrence-Lightfoot’s (1983) narrative portraiture methodology, I crafted a video-storytelling “persona” for each participant, weaving in her own words and media project images. Next, I note the broader significance of relationships and connection as well as video storytelling-specific peer and mentor support for participants. I then discuss their video-making in relation to postfeminist-influenced and video-based social media ecologies and girls’ informal, self-directed media education. This research honours participants’ stories and critically reflects upon the wide-ranging nature of their video-storytelling experiences and approaches. It also offers initial recommendations for girl-centered programs that emphasize community, support skills development, and provide safer spaces for their media-making and learning. I advocate for girl-specific media-making communities of practice—particularly for marginalized girls—as necessary interventions in evolving media industries and culture to more fully include, support, reflect, and represent diverse populations of girls and women and their stories.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/40650
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectSocial research
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectMultimedia
dc.subject.keywordsGirls' media-making
dc.subject.keywordsGirls' media studies
dc.subject.keywordsVideo storytelling
dc.subject.keywordsVideo production
dc.subject.keywordsMedia education
dc.subject.keywordsYouth media cultures
dc.subject.keywordsFeminist-informed research
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian context
dc.subject.keywordsMedia-making
dc.subject.keywordsFeminist media
dc.subject.keywordsDigital learning
dc.subject.keywordsGirlhood
dc.subject.keywordsTween girls
dc.subject.keywordsTeen girls
dc.titleCentering Girls' (Media-Making) Stories: A Pandemic Exploration of Video-Storytellers and their Practices, Personas, and Projects
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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