Media generational identities are culturally, socially, economically and
historically shaped. A single vision of generational identity is impossible. This special issue welcomes different approaches to intergenerational
and generational perspectives from various geographical landscapes. Moreover,
it aims to discuss digital uses and digital competences within
intergenerational and generational perspectives. The proposal is to assume as
context the current digital media environment, which has shaped media history
over the past decades. Non-Western voices covering generations, digital uses
and competences are particularly welcome.
Historically, media were mostly considered as reinforcements of the
generational gap, mostly in the family context. Though research by Livingstone
and Haddon (2009) found that the intergenerational gap is diminishing in time,
according to Bolin & Skogerbø (2013), the digital era is contributing to
straight the generations. Čuvalo (2017) discerns shared media repertoires among
the youngest, so-called digital generation or digital natives and the older
generation of digital immigrants (Thomas, 2011). In this sense, there is the
need to work closely on life course perspectives as a possible explanation of
the diminishing or perpetuating of the generational gap (Amaral & Daniel,
2018). The context of digital literacy
reinforced activities by civil society and schools and can bring some light to
the discussion of this need (Brites, 2017). Furthermore, a generational perspective
in scholar and familiar environments can empower the discussion.
There is a story to tell and gains to conquer from the historical
reflection, although the real interconnection between the digital devices and
the audiences is a recent issue. Research can benefit from a systematization
from the past to the future and also in the current present.
Descriptors:
- A historical and cross-national perspective on generations and the digital environment
- Non-media centric approach to media generations
- Generations and the context of the digital environment
- Generations and digital competences
- Generations and intergenerational approaches
- Digital literacy and generations
- Digital literacy and intergenerational dimensions
- Theoretical discussions on generations, digital uses and competencies
- To define and explore methodologies critically to better understand the audience of digital generations, namely alternative methodologies.
- To consider ethical discussions in researching generations and also intergenerational dynamics.
Questions:
- What can we learn with a historical perspective of generations and the digital, especially in the context of transitional and non-Western societies?
- How does the digital environment may contribute to convergence on generations? Still, what are the differences in using the digital across generations?
- What are the current and future trends that research results are giving to the field?
- Is there a shift in the approach of different generations and the media?
- What is the relevance of life course in the digital uses and competences?
- How to portray the digital evolution uses across generations, considering that the generational context is not a static dimension?
- What are the most appropriate theoretical approaches?
- Is research giving insights about new methodological approaches? What are the methodological challenges?
- What are the most challenging and needed ethical questions of this research field?
- Is there still a generation gap in terms of digital uses and competences?
- What social and cultural issues define generational contexts and condition intergenerationality far beyond competencies or uses?
- How to equate intergenerationality and digital uses in different geographic contexts?
Edited by Maria José Brites (Lusófona University of Porto), Inês Amaral
(University of Coimbra), Antonija Čuvalo (University of Zagreb)
All manuscripts should be submitted through the Open Journal System.
The deadline for full articles is 7 October 2019.
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