The Meaning of Visual Representation Of The COVID-19 Pandemic In The Visual Journals of Children Aged 6-8 Years

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211228.062How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Visual Journal; Children; Meaning-making; Visual representation; COVID-19

Abstract

Currently, almost the whole world is affected by the corona virus outbreak or COVID-19. This situation makes children’s activities change, they must obey health protocols, stay at home more often, and minimize physical interaction with other people or their closest relatives. The pandemic situation can make children vulnerable to psychological disorders. Parents must know the feelings and experiences of children during the pandemic so that psychological disorders in children can be avoided. To find out the needs of children, it is necessary to build communication between parents and children. One of the communication media that can be used by children as a medium of communication to parents is a visual journal. Like the function used by adults in the process of thinking, visual journals can be useful for children as a medium for thinking and understanding their surroundings. This study was conducted to find out how children’s understand and feel about the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic that can be seen from the meaning of children’s visual journals. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach as a way to express meaning in visual journals for children aged 6-8 years about the COVID-19 situation which is analyzed by visual representation theory. Data in the form of drawing and writing of children’s visual journals were obtained from observations of three children’s visual journal activities at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study finds that children’s visual journals have a meaningful visual representation of their understandings and feelings of the COVID-19 situation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Alzena Ardhanareswari Afinidyani
AU  - Riama Maslan Sihombing
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/28
TI  - The Meaning of Visual Representation Of The COVID-19 Pandemic In The Visual Journals of Children Aged 6-8 Years
BT  - Proceedings of the ICON ARCCADE 2021: The 2nd International Conference on Art, Craft, Culture and Design (ICON-ARCCADE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 476
EP  - 484
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211228.062
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211228.062
ID  - Afinidyani2021
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