Abstract Media literacy is considered to be an integral skill for personal, professional, social, and political action in the 21st century. However, what constitutes media literacy itself and the manner by which media literacy education is taught, received, and measured continues to be ardently debated amongst scholars and practitioners. Moreover, the new educational … [Read more...] about At the Digital Frontiers: Extending Media Literacy through Media Ecology
Media Ecology
McLuhan, Media Ecology, and Machine Learning: Rethinking Media Literacy in K–12 Education
Abstract This article reframes K–12 media literacy through a media ecology lens to address the realities of algorithmic and AI-driven media environments. Drawing on McLuhan, Postman, Strate, and critical media literacy scholarship, it argues that media operate as environments that shape perception, attention, and meaning rather than neutral tools. Integrating media ecology … [Read more...] about McLuhan, Media Ecology, and Machine Learning: Rethinking Media Literacy in K–12 Education
Designing for Digital Wellbeing with Teens: Participatory Co-Design Workshops to Explore Youth-Centered Platform Concepts
Abstract Digital well-being is increasingly recognized not only as a matter of individual self-control but also as a structural condition shaped by the design of digital platforms. This paper presents findings from participatory co-design workshops with Hungarian high school students (n = 89), in which inquiry-based and design-thinking methodologies were mobilized to … [Read more...] about Designing for Digital Wellbeing with Teens: Participatory Co-Design Workshops to Explore Youth-Centered Platform Concepts
Hot Knowledge, Cool Action? Designing Digital Knowledge Platforms in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Abstract Digital knowledge platforms have become central instruments in sustainable development, yet their effectiveness in translating information into action remains limited. Despite substantial investment, many platforms function as static repositories rather than participatory systems that support learning, interpretation, and behavioural change. Drawing on empirical … [Read more...] about Hot Knowledge, Cool Action? Designing Digital Knowledge Platforms in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
The Imploded Hourglass
Abstract Are we “running out of time,” or stepping out of its shadow? “The Imploded Hourglass” is a poetic cartography of our temporal crisis. This poem maps the visceral shattering of the mechanical sense and meaning of “time” in the wake of the sped-up electric implosion of linear sequence. A personal reflection on the work of Marshall McLuhan, Jean Gebser, and Itzhak … [Read more...] about The Imploded Hourglass
