Eesti ja vene keelt kõnelevate gümnaasiuminoorte raadiokuulamine – pilootuuring kahes Tartu koolis
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2009
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Tartu Ülikool
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Radio listening of Estonian and Russian speaking high-school students – pilot research in two high-schools of Tartu
The aim of the current paper was to find out in an example of two Tartu high-schools what are the radio listening habits of Estonian and Russian speaking high-school students and how their preferences differ.
In theoretical part of the paper the radio’s place in personal media space was considered. It was explained, that radio is a private and social medium and the radio listening could be both active and passive activity. Furthermore, the author of the paper gave an overview of the media consumption habits of young people and their desire to consume media privately, separately from their parents. However, in the opinion of several authors there is no reason to fear that private media consumption could lead to social isolation. As the present paper focuses both on Estonian and Russian speaking high-school students, special attention was also given to the comparison of the Estonian and Russian speaking communities in Estonia. The differences in economical situation of the Estonian and Russian speaking population as well as in content with life and in the mainly used information channels were illustrated.
In order to find answers to the study questions posed in the theoretical part of the current paper the author conducted a survey in two high-schools: Estonian-language Tartu Forseliuse Gümnaasium and Russian-language Tartu Annelinna Gümnaasium. The overall number of high-school students participating in the survey was 146, of them 76 Estonian and 70 Russian speaking. As the survey showed radio is more important medium for Estonian-speaking students; however, the most important media channel for both Estonian and Russian speaking high-school students is Internet.
For the young people who participated in the survey radio is first of all a music channel and is primarily used for listening English-language music. The pilot research showed that the majority of Russian speaking students listen only Estonian-language radio channels which implicates that there is an interest towards Estonian-language media channels among young people speaking Russian as their native language.
Radio listening of young people is a study area which certainly needs a further observation. For instance, it would be important to study how language skills influence the listener’s preferences in choosing radio channels and what influences the radio listening habits of Estonian and Russian speaking young people.
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H Social Sciences (General)