*CFP* "MEDIA EDUCATION IN AN UNCERTAIN AND POLARIZED WORLD", RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Research Conference on Media Education in an Uncertain and Polarized World

June 13th-14th, 2021

UIC campus in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China (possibility to attend online)

 

The advent and impact of COVID-19 has highlighted dramatic uncertainties in a more polarized world. Existing literature on the consequences of COVID-19 has confirmed the intensification of divergences of views and behaviours on various social and political issues, e.g. perceived risks associated with the novel coronavirus, concerns with the lifting of restrictions imposed by the governments and the use of news media for providing information about the pandemic (de Bruin, Saw & Goldman, 2020). 

The uncertainties which persist and characterize the COVID-19 Era have brought massive challenges to the practices of higher education as a result of deepened polarizations. Such challenges are even more pressing to media education. On the one hand, the delivery of media education, which involves both the training and use of media technologies, has to address the academic effectiveness of distant learning and its social and ethical implications in a context of instability. On the other hand, COVID-19 has put media education under magnifying lenses highlighting how lack of inclusion and diversity persists in the university sector.

The conference will be held at the UIC campus in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province on June 13th and 14th, 2021. The conference attendees will be able to participate either in-person for those in China and virtually for those outside of China, due to the current travel and pandemic control restrictions.

We are open to contributions regarding media education in the post

COVID-19 Era in different countries. Possible themes include but are not

limited to:

• Theoretical frameworks
• Emerging learning models
• The application of Western teaching principles in non-Western countries
• Media education in transnational universities
• Teaching media law/ethics
• Accreditation standards of media education
• Media education in countries that are making a transition to democracy
• The gap between academia and the industry
• Fieldwork policies and learning outcomes
• Teaching in collaboration with the industry
• The structure of media studies curricula
• Student awareness of politics
• Managing student expectations
• Technology-enhanced teaching
• Community-based educational projects
• Student media
• Education as an agent of change
• Education as a way to maintain the status quo
• Internationalization of educational strategies
• Media studies as a reservoir of transferable skills
• Media literacy
• Political and market influences on media studies curriculum design
• Media studies and ideological/political indoctrination
• Student health
• Inclusion and diversity
• The right to privacy in education

 

Key dates

Abstract submission deadline: April 16th, 2021

Notification of acceptance: May 1st, 2021

Conference registration: June 12th and June 13th, 2021

Conference: June 13th- 14th, 2021

Please send in abstracts of max 500 words to mlec@uic.edu.cn.