Educational Radio, Digital Wagers During The Post-Pandemic

Abstract

Communication processes have been transformed by the growing access to the internet. Social networks and new ways of narrating have revolutionized access to information and content creation. From this perspective, several studies have agreed that this democratization of information does not reflect levels of education and levels of coverage. In the same way, there is a gap between the reality experienced by youth and their exposure to the media. This research explores and describes potentialities that favor radio as a school educational setting. The research opted for an exploratory qualitative methodology through surveys and ethnographic work. We worked with 250 high school students with a high academic performance from public institutions in Medellín. The results were oriented to aspects such as A) reasons for using different platforms. B) student preferences in the consumption of the radio in the post-pandemic and C) uses of the radio as an application for learning. The study shows the preferences of the students and the activities they carry out in digital media. The foregoing is of great relevance since it indicates the viability of designing a digital tool that helps high school students to make radio programs, in order to strengthen knowledge, doing, and the apprehension of values ​​and critical judgment.