scholarly journals How Media Literacy Supports Civic Engagement in a Digital Age

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Martens ◽  
Renee Hobbs
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Age

scholarly journals Internet users’ utopian/dystopian imaginaries of society in the digital age: Theorizing critical digital literacy and civic engagement

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110186
Author(s):  
Gianfranco Polizzi
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Engagement ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Utopian Studies ◽  
Utopian Thinking ◽  
Literacy Research

This article proposes a theoretical framework for how critical digital literacy, conceptualized as incorporating Internet users’ utopian/dystopian imaginaries of society in the digital age, facilitates civic engagement. To do so, after reviewing media literacy research, it draws on utopian studies and political theory to frame utopian thinking as relying dialectically on utopianism and dystopianism. Conceptualizing critical digital literacy as incorporating utopianism/dystopianism prescribes that constructing and deploying an understanding of the Internet’s civic potentials and limitations is crucial to pursuing civic opportunities. The framework proposed, which has implications for media literacy research and practice, allows us to (1) disentangle users’ imaginaries of civic life from their imaginaries of the Internet, (2) resist the collapse of critical digital literacy into civic engagement that is understood as inherently progressive, and (3) problematize polarizing conclusions about users’ interpretations of the Internet as either crucial or detrimental to their online engagement.

Wikipedia and libraries

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
John Lubbock
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Wide Scope ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
And Training

As the quality, scope and usefulness of Wikipedia (and its sister projects) increases, the Wikimedia community are increasingly reaching out to academic, library and other information professionals. Through institutional partnerships and training, we show how using Wikimedia projects can bring extra value to the library as a place of digital study and media literacy. Libraries and Wikipedia both aim to bring knowledge to a wider audience, to create spaces where people can safely learn and find the resources they need, and we believe it is possible for us to reach those goals together. This article will describe the complex and wide scope of our work with libraries and explain how our work complements the work of libraries and other cultural institutions. It will provide paths and ideas for librarians to understand how to effectively use the resources provided by Wikimedia to imagine how libraries can serve the public in our digital age.

Media Literacy for Political Cognition in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 305-331
Author(s):  
Chad Woolard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
The Core ◽  
2016 Election ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Literacy Educators ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

Civic education has long been a goal of liberal education, and many institutions are renewing their commitment to meaningful civic engagement as both a philosophical and educational goal of higher education. Civic engagement and media literacy are essential to fostering democracy. This chapter outlines the shared ideological and pedagogical approaches to civic and political engagement and its connection to media literacy education. The 2016 election cycle has presented a number of challenges for civic engagement and media literacy educators. Many of the core values and beliefs related to critical thinking and information literacy have been challenged.

Terms of the Digital Age

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Kimberly N. Rosenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Cultural Paradigms ◽  
Cultural Forms ◽  
Digital Media Literacy ◽  
New Curricula

This chapter defines terms of the digital age as they relate to digital media literacy. The changing landscape of society is demonstrated through the recalibration occurring in media processes and the cultural forms they generate. These conditions have fostered cultural paradigms unique to the digital age: paradigms aligned with either humanistic or capitalist perspectives, and marketing playing a role with respect to this tension. An analysis of two policies in the form of new curricula reveals that more must be done to prepare, protect, and empower a digitally literate citizenry. The chapter closes with an argument that the first step in this direction must involve both establishing digital media literacy as a discipline as well as deepening and extending current media literacy frameworks.

Terms of the Digital Age

2016 ◽  
pp. 115-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly N. Rosenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Cultural Paradigms ◽  
Cultural Forms ◽  
Digital Media Literacy ◽  
New Curricula

This chapter defines terms of the digital age as they relate to digital media literacy. The changing landscape of society is demonstrated through the recalibration occurring in media processes and the cultural forms they generate. These conditions have fostered cultural paradigms unique to the digital age: paradigms aligned with either humanistic or capitalist perspectives, and marketing playing a role with respect to this tension. An analysis of two policies in the form of new curricula reveals that more must be done to prepare, protect, and empower a digitally literate citizenry. The chapter closes with an argument that the first step in this direction must involve both establishing digital media literacy as a discipline as well as deepening and extending current media literacy frameworks.

Civic Engagement, Social Justice, and Media Literacy

2020 ◽  
pp. 272-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srividya “Srivi” Ramasubramanian ◽  
Ramin Chaboki Darzabi
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Media Literacy
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