*CFP* "MEDIA LITERACY IN A MEDIA-RICH ECOLOGY", ISCTE-IUL CONFERENCE

ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, in association with the European project MediaCoach Initiative, is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the Conference "Media literacy in a media-rich ecology", which will be held December 4, 2019 (Wednesday), at ISCTE-IUL, Portugal.

As the current digitally mediated environment becomes an ever more substantial means through which individuals structure their personal and social lives, it is increasingly important that they understand the complex nature of media ecology. The media permeate virtually all domains of the lives of common citizens, embedded in domestic and social lives, education and training, work and leisure. Though they offer plenty of opportunities in all these areas, they also pose challenges at the personal and societal levels. Given the fast pace of technological change in our current media-rich ecology, the increase in media-literate individuals is seen as a desirable societal goal in an age where media illiteracy tends to be regarded as problematic as traditional illiteracy. This environment also prompts a renewed effort to conceptualize, measure and disseminate media literacy worldwide, posing its own challenges for research and policy.

This conference aims not only to reach the scholarly community interested in digital and media literacy, but also to encourage non-profit organizations and activists working on media literacy-related initiatives to join us in discussion.

There will be three panels with the following topics:

1. Digital literacy related activism and non-profit Organizations 
2. New digital devices, new challenges in media literacy? 
3. Digital literacy and Policy

Submission Information:

Proposals can be submitted through the following link.

Each submission should include a title, an abstract, up to five keywords, a brief biography of the authors and current affiliation.

The proposals must be submitted in English. The conference language is English.

Proposals should also indicate the thematic panel of the communication to be presented.

Each tenderer may submit only one presentation proposal.

Selected presentations will be invited to publish in a special issue of the Scientific Journal Observatorio (OBS).

Submission Procedure:

Proposals must be submitted online via the following link until September 15, 2019:

All proposals will be peer-reviewed by the Program Committee.

Notifications of acceptance will fall under the responsibility of the coordinators of the thematic panels and will be sent out by the beginning of October 2019.

Accepted authors must submit their final abstract (according to standards to be determined in due course) by the end of October 2019.

 

For further information please contact the local organizers at tjfls1@iscte-iul.pt.

The final program of the Conference will be defined after receiving the final abstracts of the approved communications.