April 21-22, 2023

ESCS / IPL – Politécnico de Lisboa

Deadline: January 31, 2023

Dear ECREA colleagues,

On behalf of the Informal Media Literacy Group (GILM), we are pleased to invite all ECREA members to send proposals to the Call for Papers of the 6th Congress of Literacy, Media and Citizenship, which will take place next  April 21 and 22,  at the School of Communication and Media Studies (ESCS), Lisbon, Portugal.

The VI Congress on Literacy, Media and Citizenship – Digital Transition and Public Policies, promoted by GILM, is an initiative that aims to deepen reflection and debate around public policies that have been adopted nationally and internationally in the current scenario of digital transition. Today media literacy assumes its place as one of the key literacies for empowering all citizens, without exception. It is undeniable that, particularly in the context of European Union countries, this recognition has been accelerated by the role that media literacy can play in the unavoidable fight against misinformation and false online narratives, as well as in the fight against hate speech, which is expanding in digital environments, phenomena that threaten the strength of democracy and the full exercise of citizenship.

The event, which will take place on April 21 and 22, 2023, at the School of Communication and Media Studies – ESCS / IPL – Politécnico de Lisboa, aims to be an opportunity for decision-makers (policy makers, regulators, managers and directors of media outlets), to meet teachers and other educators, specialists in information and documentation sciences, researchers and higher education students, journalists and other media professionals, cinema and audio-visual professionals and other stakeholders. The organization of the congress invites researchers, educators and teachers, non-governmental organizations, specialists, and communication professionals to present their papers or poster proposals, whether they are studies, papers or projects that may fit in one of the following topics:​

• Current strategies of national and international public policies for media literacy;
  
• Prospects for an integrated and comprehensive national strategy for media literacy;
  
• Impacts of technological developments in the current communication universe;
  
• Digital transition and media literacy;
  
• New challenges in media education;
  
• Change of communicational paradigm and new business models;
  
• Impacts of COVID and war on media and information literacy;
  
• New media literacy projects and resources;
  
• Accessibilities and inclusive perspectives in media literacy;
  
• New dynamics of algorithms and message robotization;
  
• Manipulation of information in disinformation campaigns.
  

In this context, we invite you all to take part in the next Congress and we would be very pleased to see many ECREA members enriching our Congress with knowledge, experience, and ability to reflect on such current and pertinent topics.

Send your proposal

Looking forward to welcoming you in Lisbon, please accept my best regards,

On behalf of GILM

Fernanda Bonacho