Presentation to the University of Lapland, April 23, 2019.

1. Transgression as
Creative Freedom
and Creative
Control
Renee Hobbs
University of Lapland
MEDU 3107 Diversity in Media
Education
April 23, 2019

2. Hobbs, R. (2019). Transgression as creative freedom and creative control in the media
production classroom. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education 11(3),
207 215.
Hobbs, R .& Grafe, S. (2015). YouTube pranking across cultures. First Monday 20(7).
https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/5981/4699

3. EmpowermentProtection

6. • 11% received experienced online harrassment in the past year
• 23% of youth reported unwanted exposure to sexual material
in the past 12 months
• 13% saw violent sexual porn in the past year
• 16% of youth report at least one stress symptom as a result of
exposure
N = 1560 children and youth ages 10 – 17
Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire
American children
experience risk online

7. European children
experience risk online
EU Kids Online, 2013
N = 25,142 children ages 9 – 16 in 25 countries

8. European children
experience risk online

9. European children
experience risk online
EU Kids Online, 2013
N = 25,142 children ages 9 – 16 in 25 countries

10. In the past 12 months have
you seen or experienced
something on the Internet
that has bothered you in
some ways? For example,
made you feel
uncomfortable, upset, or
feel that you shouldn’t
have seen it?
17%
of European children
have been bothered,
uncomfortable or upset
by something online in
the last year
EU Kids Online, 2013
N = 25142 children ages 9 – 16 in 25 countries
European children
experience risk online

11. In the past 12 months have you
seen or experienced potentially
harmful user-generated content?
31%
of European children
aged 13 - 14 have seen
or experienced
potentially harmful
user-generated content
EU Kids Online, 2013
N = 25142 children ages 9 – 16 in 25 countries
European children
experience risk online

12. Internet Safety Curriculum

13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_y8RdJ0HzY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyOr9RAMzmM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQff6yj6vWA
The „Maze Game“ on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2R9YTXJeWE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-MAR7n3qrQ

14. Pranking: Transgression as Play
27,449,445 views as of April 20, 2019

15. Child Victim Experiences Distress
Child Victim Experiences Distress
Scary Maze Game Pranks Take Many Forms

16. Teen Victim with Family Pranksters
Peers Pranking Each Other
Scary Maze Game Pranks Take Many Forms

17. This made me feel ___________________
because __________________________.

18. Representational Ethics

19. Representational Ethics
Consent
Free Will
Intentionality
Consequences
Social Good
Spectatorship

20. Consider the Subject
Subject
• Consent. Did the subject consent in the making of the video?
• Free Will. Did the subject exercise free will in choosing to
participate in the game? Or was there coercion, where the
subject was not truly free to refuse to participate?

21. Consider the Author
Author
• Consequences. Did the author consider the consequences of
their actions on the subject? On the audience?
• Social Good. Does the effect of their actions contribute to
furthering healthy social relationships and a good society?
• Intentionality. Did the author act with good will towards the
subject? Towards the audience?

22. Consider the Audience
Audience
• Intentionality. Did the viewer/reader/audience have good will
towards the author? Towards the subject?
• Spectatorship in a Relational World. Does the
viewer/reader/audience consider the consequences of their
actions as a spectator? On self? On others? On society?

23. Representational Ethics
Consent
Free Will
Intentionality
Consequences
Social Good
Spectatorship

25. TRANSGRESSION IN
SCHOOL MEDIA PRODUCTION
When student work or behavior is “inappropriate”
in the context of schooling

37. Renee Hobbs
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs
www.mediaeducationlab.com
SOURCES
Hobbs, R. (2019). Transgression as
creative freedom and creative control in
the media production classroom.
International Electronic Journal of
Elementary Education 11(3), 207 215.
Hobbs, R .& Grafe, S. (2015). YouTube
pranking across cultures. First Monday
20(7).
https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/f
m/article/view/5981/4699