Employing the Digital Content of Children’s Electronic Magazines in Developing the Educational Values

(The Website of the Emirati Majid Magazine- as a Model 2021)

Abstract

This study sought to identify the importance of digital content published on pages of the children’s electronic magazines and its effectiveness in developing the child’s ethical and educational values, building his personality and satisfying his emotional and mental needs. This study is one of the descriptive studies which employed the analytical survey approach to achieve the study objectives and questions. The researcher has relied on making use of the qualitative and quantitative content analysis tool through the analysis form prepared by her in order to collect the study data on a regular random sample of (150) singles of the digital content published on the website of the Emirati Majid Magazine within the specified period of the study from 1/8/2020 to 1/8/2021. The results have shown that digital videos and animations came first with (27%) of the total media elements used in digital content. The results have also demonstrated that graphics and characters ranked first with (23%) of the total forms and templates of digital content presented to the child, while news and short digital texts(news/ reports) came at forefront of press editorial arts with (20%) and narrative and illustrated stories topped the list of literary arts with (20%). The Magazine was concerned with including digital content published on its pages a number of educational values. The value of loving motherland and defending it came first with (36%) of the total national values, belief in God and His Messenger came first in religious values related to Islamic Creed with (11%), prayer, Zakat and fasting came at the forefront of the list of acts of worship and honoring parents, truth and honesty topped the list of moral values with (17%). The Magazine has enhanced its digital content with a number of positive values, most notably diligence and perseverance with (17%). The social media came first as the most prominent means of interaction between the Magazine audience and its digital content with (36%).