PRODUCTION OF DIGITAL CONTENT AND AUTISTIC CHILDREN

Abstract

This article socializes the results of a master's degree research, which the objective was to promote the use of digital media by autistic children to create digital content on YouTube in a school in Santa Catarina. In a context of the rise of digital media today, it is necessary to discuss the perspective of reproduction and consumption in the use of digital technologies. This situation becomes even more worrying with the presence of fake news on the internet. Therefore, to promote innovative practices in the school that stimulate the production of content based on the principles of inclusive education and with the aim of contributing to a perspective of critical appropriation of technologies, the following research problem arises: how to raise awareness among children about the risks of fake news for society and the different ways to combat it? As a main objective, this study intends to share a practical experience of digital inclusion with the production of online content for the YouTube platform, with the intention of providing different approaches to participation in networks, focusing attention on the advent of fake news. The methodology used was participatory research inspired by the principles of PesquisarCOM, which gives protagonism to research participants and places them as co-authors in a shared production. We started with bibliographical research on the topic and later carried out field research. As a result, these children produced an educational video about fake news.