The use of images in children's journalism: an analytical study

Abstract

Children's journalism is a type of journalism aimed at children and written by adults. It seeks to guide, instruct, educate, and entertain children, relying primarily on short stories drawn in cartoons. It uses bright colors to attract children's attention and offers those puzzles, quizzes, jokes, and games, both written and illustrated. Children's journalism differs from school journalism, which is published by schools and focuses specifically on school life. It usually adheres to specific journalistic content aimed at enriching school life, guiding, educating, and entertaining students. Teachers and students are generally involved in editing. There are also school newspapers published by educational institutions or teachers and distributed to students. School newspapers, or wall magazines, include news, cartoons, and scientific information for students, in addition to some drawings created by students under the supervision of activity teachers. Pictures can serve as a news feature, adding liveliness and movement to newspaper coverage of events. Images also help develop reading skills through careful observation, as readers seek to discover some aspects of the published images.