Mechanisms Of Media Education Through New Communication Media - Youtube As A Model

Abstract

The development at the turn of the century of communication technologies has given a wide and effective spread of new media which made individuals participate in various cultural, social, economic and even educational activities that have taken a great place in producing new content that not only affects children and adolescents, but also parents and all members of society especially in the absence of control mechanisms. Digital Media education is considered as a necessity to activate the input culture of participation through the use of different controls on the modern means of social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube ...) in an optimal manner to achieve the social goals set in the educational policy and media policy according to the privacy of communities. This paper seeks to reveal the mechanisms of media education used through YouTube in the Arab society in general and Algerian in particular by answering the following question : What are the mechanisms of achieving a healthy media education for generations in a digital environment? How can media education regulate YouTube in the absence of legal and moral control?