This special issue aims to examine current issues and
challenges in advancing media and information literacy (MIL) in the Baltic
region.
Media and information literacy (MIL) is regarded as a
crucial competence in today’s societies. The concept of MIL combines media and
information literacy under one umbrella term, and includes a range of different
media- and communication-related competences. The term has come to be the focus
of a number of political, social and cultural expectations and interests, used
in very different contexts and adapted to a variety of approaches. Meanwhile,
the concept has also undergone changes, adopting altered meanings, and a large
number of similar concepts have emerged, resulting in local applications and
cultures of adaptation.
Taking the prefix ‘trans’ – from transnational or transition
– to its conceptual starting point, articles in this issue should explore
transitions in MIL policies and pedagogies, in contexts of societal transition.
The prefix refers to movement across, through, over, beyond, to, on the other
side of, or outside something.
