scholarly journals Empowering media citizenship through educommunication

Comunicar ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (42) ◽  
pp. 129-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicent Gozálvez-Pérez ◽  
Paloma Contreras-Pulido
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Philosophical Foundation ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Sociedad Civil ◽  
Communicative Context ◽  
Sobre Todo

This article analyses the different meanings of the citizenship concept (political, legal, social, economic, ecological and intercultural) in order to justify the current media citizenship concept, which is particularly useful and valid for media education. The ultimate goal is to rebuild the social, ethical and political dimension of educommunication on a practical and philosophical foundation. With this in mind, we have analysed two very powerful and current ap proaches, the ethics of dialogue and ability, mainly because of their links to communication and their contribution to the human development concept, which is on the media education agendas of international organizations such as UNESCO or the European Commission. From the philosophical foundation proposed, the criteria for evaluating and reconstructing the practical dimension of educommunication are: civic participation, freedom as development and critical autonomy, which are also considered goals of the educational systems in pluralistic and democratic societies, especially from a model of deliberate and participatory democracy. The paper concludes with a positive evaluation of interdisciplinary approach in the study of media education, an educational project that is crucial for the revival of civil society and the empowerment of citizens in the current communicative context. En el presente artículo se analiza el concepto de ciudadanía en sus diferentes significaciones (ciudadanía política, jurídica, social, económica, ecológica e intercultural), con el fin de justificar la actualidad del concepto de ciudadanía mediática, sobre todo por su validez en el ámbito de la educomunicación. El objetivo último es reconstruir la dimensión social, ética y política de la educomunicación a partir de un fundamento filosófico práctico. En esta tarea de fundamentación, cabe apelar a dos enfoques muy potentes en la actualidad como son la ética dialógica y el enfoque de las capacidades, por su vinculación con el ámbito comunicativo y por su contribución a la noción del desarrollo humano, presente en los programas de educación mediática de organismos internacionales como la UNESCO o la Comisión Europea. A partir de la fundamentación filosófica ofrecida, los criterios para evaluar y reconstruir la dimensión práctica de la educomunicación son la participación cívica, la libertad como desarrollo y la autonomía crítica, consideradas asimismo como fines de los sistemas educativos en sociedades plurales y democráticas, sobre todo desde un modelo deliberativo y participativo de democracia. Tras esta argumentación, el artículo concluye a favor de la interdisciplinariedad en el estudio de la educación mediática, un proyecto educativo que es crucial para la reactivación de la sociedad civil y el empoderamiento de la ciudadanía en el actual contexto comunicativo.

scholarly journals SOCIAL MEDIA IN A CONTENT COURSE FOR THE DIGITAL NATIVES

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Anita Lie
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Media

Digital technologies and the Internet have revolutionized the way people gather information and acquire new knowledge. With a click of a button or a touch on the screen, any person who is wired to the internet can access a wealth of information, ranging from books, poems, articles, graphics, animations and so much more. It is imperative that educational systems and classroom practices must change to serve our 21st century students better. This study examines the use of Edmodo as a social media to teach a course in Pedagogy to a class of digital natives. The media is used as an out-of-class communication forum to post/submit assignments and resources, discuss relevant issues, exchange information, and handle housekeeping purposes. A survey of students' responses and discussions on their participatory process leads to insights on how the social media helps achieve the required competences.

Going Critical: The Limits of Media Literacy

1993 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Buckingham
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Critical Discourses

This article seeks to question the emphasis on critical reading in media education curricula, both in terms of the assumptions about children's existing knowledge which it entails and in terms of its implications for classroom practice. The first part of the article draws on recent research on children's understanding of television, and considers the social functions of critical discourses about the medium. Summarising findings from the author's research, it points to the inter-relationships between cognitive, affective and social factors in children's talk. The second part of the article draws on recent classroom research in the field to consider the processes by which children acquire critical discourses about the media, and the limitations of a purely analytical approach. The article concludes by arguing for the need to develop a more complex theoretical basis for media education pedagogy, based on the interaction between critical analysis and other teaching strategies.

scholarly journals The Revolutionary Media Education Decade: From the UNESCO to the ALFAMED Curriculum for Teacher Training

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Renés-Arellano ◽  
Ignacio Aguaded ◽  
Maria Jose Hernández-Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
New Media ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
The Past ◽  
Media Ecosystem ◽  
The Media ◽  
New Curricula

Nations across the globe are immersed in a technological revolution—intensified by the need to respond to COVID-19 issues. In order to be critical and responsible citizens in the current media ecosystem, it is important that students acquire and develop certain skills when consuming and producing information for and when communicating through the media. This is a major challenge that educational systems worldwide have to face. Hence, new curricula in media education to guide future teachers towards the successful acquisition of new media skills have been proposed. The aims of this work are to conduct a theoretical approach to this worldwide technological and media evolution in the past decade, to make an in-depth comparison between the Curriculum for teachers on media and information literacy published by the UNESCO (2011) and the publication of the new AlfaMed Curriculum for the training of teachers in media education (2021). This framework starts by providing an extensive analysis of the key elements of both curricula and of their corresponding modules, establishing, thus, a constructive comparison while updating them, according to the needs, changes, and realities that have taken place regarding digital literacy in the past decade. Finally, the chapter concludes with the detailing of the challenges and with proposals for teacher training in media and information literacy.

scholarly journals Media education in Switzerland

Comunicar ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (28) ◽  
pp. 103-109
Author(s):  
Christian Georges
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Educational Standards ◽  
Ict Skills ◽  
The Past ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
The Media ◽  
Learning Software ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion

It is difficult to set educational standards in Switzerland: given the complexity of the political structure and the different languages spoken, 26 educational systems are in function. Most pupils are familiar with the practical use of ICT. But few of them are taught to analyse the media themselves. Media education is integrated to other branches of learning. Thus, it depends most of the time on the good will of the teachers! In the past five years, high speed connections to the Internet have strongly increased in schools, thanks to a public-private partnership launched by the State. The program also improved ICT skills among teachers. Many locally based projects encourage pupils and students to use ICT to learn. Multimedia products crafted in schools are even broadcasted on TV websites. However, media education remains uneven among teachers. The use of audiovisual resources in the classroom is decreasing. Most teachers express reluctance towards the media. When it comes to life long learning, software proficiency is more sought after than media knowledge. En Suiza, saturada de medios, compartimentada en 26 sistemas educativos propios, los alumnos se impregnan de una cultura que favorece naturalmente los usos prácticos de los medios de comunicación frente al análisis crítico. La educación de los medios es a menudo «integrada en otras ramas de la enseñanza». ¡Es decir, dejada a la libre elección de los profesores! Gracias a la cooperación público-privado, se ha dado un fuerte impulso en la Confederación para conectar los colegios a Internet de alta velocidad y para formar a los profesores en el uso pedagógico de las tecnologías. Además, a nivel local, se realizan acertadas acciones que en muchos casos desembocan en aplicaciones prácticas muy estimulantes: los alumnos aprenden a dominar la imagen, el sonido y la información a través de producciones originales. Pero globalmente, el panorama es algo desalentador: los profesores acceden a una formación muy desigual de los medios y las TIC, utilizan menos los audiovisuales que antiguamente y la mayoría desconfían bastante de los medios.

scholarly journals The future of the digital society and values in media education

Comunicar ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
pp. 247-258
Author(s):  
José-Manuel Pérez-Tornero
Keyword(s):  
Media Education ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Television ◽  
Audiovisual Communication ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Media ◽  
Present World ◽  
Sobre Todo

As the present world increase its complexity and speed in a society filled with information, it seems necessary to imagine the future. And media education must be included in this reflection because it is important to understand that complexity and that speed at the present as well as in the future, especially if we really want to rule our lives. This is the aim of this paper: to know the two basic pillars of audiovisual communication: digital television and the Internet, trying to deduce the values involved in this process in order to use some of them as a reference to renew the media education. Cuando los procesos se aceleran del modo que lo hacen en una sociedad plena de información circulante a la velocidad de la luz –como es la sociedad digital–, imaginar el futuro se hace imprescindible. Y a esa necesidad no puede escapar la educación en medios, que, en la medida en que depende de ello, tiene que intentar comprender el aceleradísimo desarrollo mediático del presente y del inmediato futuro, sobre todo, si quiere, aunque sea mínimamente, gobernar su propio presente. A esta tarea arriesgada de imaginación dedicaremos los renglones que siguen. Nos ocuparemos de conocer lo que significa la construcción de la sociedad digital –centrada, sobre todo, en la puesta en marcha de una red universal de comunicación audiovisual que tiene dos pilares la televisión digital e Internet–. Y, posteriormente, de deducir algunos de los valores que están en juego en la construcción de este tipo de sociedad, algunos de los cuales pueden servir de valores de referencia para la renovación de la educación en medios.

scholarly journals The right to access to the media: methodological reflections

Comunicar ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (30) ◽  
pp. 107-112
Author(s):  
Manuel Javier Callejo-Gallego
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Sociedad Civil ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access ◽  
Los Grupos ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion

The objective of the article is to show the possibility that the monitoring of the presence of the social groups in the mass media of public ownership has, because of the lack of development of the Right of Access. A minimum empirical approximation to such presence highlights two aspects. On the one hand, the scarce presence of the social groups and, therefore, of the civil society, in the media. On the other hand, some essential methodological decisions that should be previously taken. El objetivo del artículo es mostrar la posibilidad que tiene el seguimiento de la presencia de los grupos sociales en los medios de comunicación de titularidad pública, ante la falta de desarrollo del derecho de acceso. Una mínima aproximación empírica a tal presencia pone de relieve dos cuestiones. Por un lado, la escasa presencia de los grupos sociales y, por lo tanto, de la sociedad civil, en los medios. Por otro lado, algunas decisiones metodológicas esenciales que debieran resolverse de manera previa.

scholarly journals TV and Internet interviews in the structure of media education: transformation of the ontological paradigm

2020 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 18010
Author(s):  
Svetlana Bylkova ◽  
Denis Shalkov
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Communicative Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Jel Code ◽  
Interview Methodology ◽  
Educational Potential

The purpose of the work: 1) to identify the didactic and educational potential of TV and Internet interviews in the structure of media education; 2) to evaluate the genre-stylistic and language parameters of a modern interview. Methodology. The educational potential of media interviews is revealed with the help of methodological tools of linguistic, social, psychological and pedagogical disciplines. Results. The article proves the need to use TV and Internet interviews as parts of the educational process, since this type of communication allows the consumer of information and media content to receive it literally "firsthand". It is emphasized that the use of interviews in the learning process can become a powerful pedagogical tool. Conclusions/recommendations. When processing the data obtained during the experiment, it turned out that the results of monitoring the social and communicative development of students in two focus groups are characterized by qualitative differences, which are statistically significant. The communicative descriptors of students of the 2nd focus group that worked with the media content of model native speakers were formed at a higher level, in contrast to the participants of the 2nd group, who were offered interviews with popular bloggers. JEL Code: I 00, I 20, I 21.

scholarly journals Quality as opposed to Uncertainty: fear and risks of watchin

Comunicar ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
Delia Crovi-Druetta ◽  
Carlos Lozano-Ascencio
Keyword(s):  
Social Interest ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Media ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion ◽  
Sobre Todo

The media are making us live under the influence of information about the full gamut of risks, which are present all over the world. We perceive uncertainty according to our own culture, but we are also conditioned buy the acquired cultural sum o risk experiences, be they close or remote, recent or past. In an emergency situation, the information offered by the media is usually monopolized by the social interest awakened by potential risks and actual disasters. It is also true that we normally perceive such events according to how the media present them. Form this we can infer that we perceive and interpret uncertainty independently of whether or not we are immersed in an emergency situation. Or capacity for feeling insecurity as we survey our world is therefore bound to be with us for a long time. La presente comunicación forma parte de una investigación mayor titulada «Medios de comunicación y construcción social de la incertidumbre», en la que participan los autores. El trabajo tiene como propósito reflexionar acerca del concepto televisión de calidad desde la perspectiva de la construcción social de la incertidumbre. Partimos de la premisa de que la TV es el medio de mayor cobertura a través de sus canales generalistas o abiertos, con la que se contribuye de manera destacada, a generar incertidumbre entre los receptores. No obstante, se considera que una verdadera televisión de calidad no debería generar incertidumbre social, sobre todo, en lo relacionado a determinados tratamientos informativos sobre situaciones trascendentales. Los televidentes de la sociedad de la información, paradigma de actual de tiempo, están permanentemente expuestos a informaciones que destacan hechos violentos, catástrofes, situaciones de inseguridad y riesgo. Tal acumulación de datos contribuye a construir socialmente la incertidumbre, asimismo, provoca que los ciudadanos perciban y definan la realidad social a partir de preocupaciones vinculadas a esa incertidumbre, generando con ello una cultura de inseguridades y temores. Hoy en día se perciben las situaciones de incertidumbre de acuerdo a nuestras claves culturales vigentes, pero, sobre todo, las percibimos muy condicionados por el capital de conocimientos adquiridos a través de las coberturas mediáticas. La televisión en este ámbito ofrece, de manera continuada, experiencias de incertidumbre en las que los receptores están más acostumbrados a saber identificarlas que a comprenderlas y a jerarquizarlas en un mismo nivel sin atender demasiado a su ubicuidad espacio temporal. Inmersos en situaciones de incertidumbre social (catástrofes, atentados, accidentes tecnológicos, crisis políticas, etc.) las televisiones son capaces de informar, pero no de ofrecer suficientes explicaciones –ni distancia, ni objetividad, ni sosiego– para saber entender con claridad lo que está sucediendo en dichos contextos emergentes. Esto se explica, en buena parte, porque las situaciones de incertidumbre se construyen narrativamente más por acumulación de datos aislados que por jerarquización u organización de los mismos. Los receptores se exponen, es cierto, al torrente de imágenes y declaraciones para percibir, antes que nada, la sensación del peligro, pero difícilmente perciben las causas y las consecuencias de lo que están contemplando. En la actualidad la televisión experimenta una marcada tendencia a la privatización y concentración en pocas empresas. Sus contenidos (mensajes violentos o información descontextualizada, parcializada y fragmentada) se transforman en simples mercancías, por lo que están lejos de constituirse en vehículo idóneo para la circulación de conocimientos que busca alcanzar la sociedad de la información. A partir de esta realidad se sostiene que a más información corresponde mayor incertidumbre entre los receptores televisivos, ya que los contenidos de este medio no les permiten conocer, valorar y decidir. Reciben un sinnúmero de mensajes pero carecen de las habilidades necesarias para discernir, jerarquizar y seleccionar, lo que contribuye a crear situaciones de incertidumbre y perplejidad.

scholarly journals The role of social studies teachers in enhancing the concepts of media education among students of the higher basic stage in Jordan during the Covid- 19 pandemic: دور معلمي الدراسات الاجتماعية في تعزيز مفاهيم التربية الإعلامية لدى طلبة المرحلة الأساسية العليا في الأردن خلال جائحة كوفيد- 19

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (28) ◽  
pp. 99-80
Author(s):  
Salsabil Adeeb Hassan, Mamoun Ahmed Irsheed, Ghaith Hassan O Salsabil Adeeb Hassan, Mamoun Ahmed Irsheed, Ghaith Hassan O
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Social Studies Teachers ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
Basic Stage ◽  
Academic Qualification ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Media

The study aimed to identify the role of social studies teachers in enhancing the concepts of media education among students of the higher basic stage in Jordan during the Covid- 19 pandemic. The study population consisted of all social studies teachers for the higher basic stage in the capital Amman, Irbid Governorate, and Salt Governorate. The sample consisted of (415) male and female teachers, who were chosen by the random stratified method. The questionnaire was used as a study tool. The results showed that the level of social studies teachers ’enhancement of media education concepts among upper basic stage students in Jordan during the Covid- 19 pandemic was high, with the mean totaling (4.25). The results also indicated that there are no statistically significant differences between the social studies teachers ’response averages to the level of enhancing media education concepts among students of the higher basic stage in Jordan during the Covid- 19 pandemic due to the variables of gender, academic qualification, and number of years of experience. The study recommended the necessity of emphasizing the role of teachers in promoting the concepts of media education among students, increasing their awareness of media issues and how to deal with them, and protecting them from forgery and distortion in light of the media and cultural openness.

scholarly journals Exploring Media Education as Civic Praxis in Africa

Comunicar ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (32) ◽  
pp. 167-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fackson Banda
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Active Citizenship ◽  
Derechos Humanos ◽  
Institutional Infrastructure ◽  
The Media ◽  
Sociedad Civil ◽  
African Media ◽  
Modes Of Thought

This article argues that African media education must define a pedagogical agenda for citizenship. That task lies in a postcolonial revisionism of liberal modes of thought and practice about media. This neo-colonial dependence of African media education is evident in the pedagogical emphasis on professional- journalistic automation. However, Africans are increasingly becoming politically and civically apathetic. This analysis calls for an emancipatory vision of journalism that is embedded in civil society. It uses a case study of radio listening clubs to illustrate the civic influence of the media in Malawi and Zambia. It concludes by proposing a model of media education for citizenship. The key tenets of the model include enhancing critical analysis of the correlation between media, democracy and development; developing an emancipatory vision of journalism; cultivating an active citizenship; entrenching a viable institutional infrastructure of democracy; and promoting an informed adherence to human rights. Este trabajo sostiene que la educación en medios africana debe definir una agenda pedagógica para la ciudadanía. Esa tarea se sitúa en un revisionismo poscolonial de formas liberales de pensamiento y práctica acerca de los medios. Esta dependencia neo-colonial de la educación en medios africana es evidente en el énfasis pedagógico de la automatización periodística-profesional. Sin embargo, los africanos se están volviendo crecientemente apáticos, política y cívicamente. Esta aportación demanda una visión emancipatoria del periodismo inmerso en la sociedad civil. Se basa en el estudio de caso de clubs de radio-escuchas para ilustrar la influencia cívica de los medios en Malawi y Zambia, y propone un modelo de educación mediática para la ciudadanía. La tesis clave de este modelo incluye realzar el análisis crítico de la correlación entre medios, democracia y desarrollo; desarrollar una visión emancipatoria del periodismo; cultivar una ciudadanía activa; fortificar una infraestructura institucional viable de democracia, y promover una adhesión informada a los derechos humanos.

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