Call for Papers/Proposals: Media Literacy Research
Symposium
Dolan Business
School, Fairfield University, Fairfield,
Connecticut
Submit your proposal
today!
Media Literacy
Research:
We are a growing
field with a need for developing and increasing the research within it. With this conference, we hope shorten the
present gap by filling it with works from current scholars, new researchers,
graduate students, educators and others who have a vested interest in opening
this field and moving it forward from all over the world.
Here are the
anticipated strands of focus:
Strand 1: Media Literacy: Past, Present, and
Future
Papers in this strand will explore
the growth of media literacy through a historical lens, looking at the past to
understand the foundations of the field, and what they mean for the
future.
Strand 2: Digital Media and Learning
Papers in this strand will explore
perspectives on how learning is evolving in technological contexts, and what
tools and platforms are facilitating this change.
Strand 3: Global
Perspectives
Papers in this strand will explore
the role of media literacy as it has developed in international scope and focus
in recent decades. Facilitated largely by new digital technologies and social
platforms, how students learn about the role of media in their daily lives must
necessarily include global perspectives.
Strand 4: Education: Training, Policy, and
Digital Citizenship
Papers in this strand will explore
how media literacy can be a voice in policy discussions on municipal and
national levels. Creating media literacy policy has become an important aspect
of the growth of learning in developing curriculums nationally and
internationally. Along with policy has been the increase discussion on digital
citizenship, Internet safety, cyberbullying and cybersecurity, as they have
become increasingly important topics both in and out of schools.
Strand 5: Public Spaces & Civic
Activism
Papers in this strand will explore
the opportunities that media literacy provides for lifelong education and
vibrant spaces for the public to engage with media in informal learning
environments, including but not limited to Libraries, museums, parks, and
community centers. Whether its healthy lifestyles, political voice, or more
production skills, these are all in the context of helping enable stronger, more
critical and analytical voices. Thus, this calls for media literacy explorations
that involve the notion of the active citizen as their
outcome.
Who Should Submit:
Scholars, Researchers, and
Educators at all stages of their careers are welcome to submit!!
Accepting the Following
Formats: Sessions,
Panels, Round Tables, Posters
Key Dates:
Call for papers opens: November 15,
2013- January 2, 2014
Notification of
acceptance: January 15, 2014
Conference
Registration Details to Follow Soon!
For More
Information Contact: Belinha De
Abreu, bdeabreu@fairfield.edu 203-315-6830
or Paul Mihailidis, pmihailidis@gmail.com
Publishing:
All
papers will be considered for future publication. Details presented at
conference
