ECREA - Media Literacy: A Critical Pedagogy in Difficult Times of War, Pandemic and Beyond

European Communication Research
and Education Association

Media Literacy: A Critical Pedagogy in Difficult Times of War, Pandemic and Beyond

27.10.2022 20:55 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

January 09, 2023 - 08h00 UTC

Deadline: November 25, 2022

PhD Research Webinar

Co-convened by Dr Priyanka Sachdeva from the University of Delhi, India, and Atashi Bhattacharya from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, India

IAMCR invites applications from members for the IAMCR Presidential PhD Research Webinar on "Media Literacy: A Critical Pedagogy in Difficult Times of War, Pandemic and Beyond", co-convened by Dr Priyanka Sachdeva from the University of Delhi, India, and Atashi Bhattacharya from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, India.

This webinar intends to bring together doctoral scholars to promote a global dialogue highlighting the role of digital media and media literacy during the difficult times the world faces and to identify the tools and techniques for combating these issues and challenges.

Media literacy is a human right established by UNESCO and is a growing and diverse field of study. In recent years, we have witnessed several world-shaking phenomena that changed our lives profoundly, put democratic values to the test, and even transformed how people communicate. In this context, media literacy gains even more importance to be discussed, and it gets increasingly important to develop literacy for citizenship, participation, and democracy.

We encourage a wide range of topics from doctoral students interested in the subjects of the Digital Divide, Media Literacy, Democratic decision-making, and Digital citizenship, among others.

Potential topics include (but are not limited to):

Misinformation and information literacy
Digital divide, teaching, and media literacy
Public policies and media literacy
Media literacy, citizenship, and democracy
Political literacy and civic participation
Digital journalism and news literacy
Technology, literacy, and digital citizenship
Ethical issues to access and use of information

To submit your paper to present in the webinar, download and complete the application form (*) and send it to Priyanka Sachdeva and Atashi Bhattacharya, the co-convenors of the webinar, and also Mazlum Kemal Dagdelen (IAMCR presidential assistant), with the subject “IAMCR Presidential PhD Research Webinar: {title of your paper proposal}" by 25 November 2022. If there are several presenters, each should fill in an individual application form and send all the documents in one email.

These are the email addresses to be used:

Priyanka Sachdeva > priyankasachdeva2711@gmail.com

Atashi Bhattacharya > atashibhattacharya22@gmail.com

Mazlum Kemal Dağdelen > mazlum@iamcr.org

Acceptance of an application is based on the proposed presentation's academic quality, relevance to the field and the main topic of the webinar, and originality.

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