{"id":8655,"date":"2026-02-22T22:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T04:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ic4ml.org\/?p=8655"},"modified":"2026-02-22T22:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T04:06:31","slug":"doctoral-summer-school-research-on-digital-media-and-information-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ic4ml.org\/es\/blogs\/doctoral-summer-school-research-on-digital-media-and-information-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral Summer School – Research on Digital, Media and Information Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As our daily lives are increasingly shaped by digital, informational, and media environments, it has become common to understand these environments through the lens of the corresponding new literacies that people are expected to mobilize in order to navigate the social world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this context, literacies are increasingly under pressure.  The calls for populations to develop and exercise such literacies have intensified to the point where they are frequently presented as a universal remedy to the multiple crises shaking contemporary societies: post-truth politics, polarization of opinion, rise of populism, new oligarchies, weakening of democratic institutions, climate disruption, etc. Unrealistically high expectations are placed on literacies, as if they alone could solve the major challenges of the contemporary world. When these inflated hopes inevitably collide with reality, disappointment follows. Yet the policies and initiatives meant to cultivate literacies never seem to be given the means to achieve what they are expected to accomplish, as societies fail to provide them with resources that would be essential to deploy on a large scale, resources that they desperately need to educate, emancipate, critique, and propose alternatives. High hopes, insufficient means, growing disillusionment: literacies and the communities that sustain their development find themselves caught in the middle, suspended between ambitious societal expectations and the limited conditions currently available to fulfill them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For its tenth anniversary, and in line with the long-standing philosophy of the summer school, ReDMIL2026 sets out to explore the idea that \u201cbeing in the middle\u201d does not have to be a liability; it can be a source of strength. From this strategic position, the actors and communities working to advance information, digital, and media literacies can engage in dialogue, join forces, and build a center of gravity strong enough to weigh on global issues. In this sense, new literacies offer a unique opportunity to build bridges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The summer school foregrounds literacies rather than alternative concepts (digital skills, e-competence, \u2026) because the concept offers breadth, depth, and connective capacity. First, literacies extend beyond instrumental skills: they attend not only to how people use digital technology, but to what those uses mean in relation to texts, symbols, and discourses, and to where they are embedded in social practices. Second, literacies bring theoretical and epistemological depth. They draw on a long tradition that integrates critical perspectives, questioning authorship and authority, tracing infrastructures and interests, and situating knowledge within cultural, historical, and political contexts. Finally, literacies function as a boundary object across disciplines and among communities and stakeholders. We identify three trajectories through which such dialogues can take shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the disciplinary level, literacy research can drive fruitful alliances between fields such as communication and media studies, information science, law, psychology, engineering, education sciences, philosophy, and more, allowing for complex, multifaceted, and polyphonic solutions that match the scale and complexity of today\u2019s societal problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the level of stakeholders, literacy initiatives can bring together researchers, practitioners, industry actors, activists, and policy-makers around the same table, creating a space where agendas can be coordinated, needs and resources can be matched, and shared objectives can be collectively defined. Such coordination contributes to the broader effort of connecting educational initiatives aimed at fostering literacies with the development of regulatory frameworks that hold industry actors accountable for their content governance practices, thereby helping to ease the disproportionate burden placed on individuals to cope with the proliferation of problematic content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, at the intercultural and international level, literacies can provide a space for respectful encounters between diverse lived experiences and reflections emerging across the world in response to global technological platforms. They offer an opportunity to compare perspectives, negotiate meanings, and collectively build understandings that transcend local contexts. In doing so, literacies can contribute to fostering mutual recognition, supporting more inclusive global dialogues, and strengthening our capacity to respond collaboratively to the challenges shaped by transnational digital ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLiteracies in the middle\u201d, then: not attempting to catch every rebound, but assuming the role of a playmaker, orchestrating the flow of the game and helping the team stay connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scope and goal of ReDMIL 2026 Literacy Doctoral Summer School<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The ReDMIL 2026 doctoral summer school is an international training program that aims to contribute to the convergence between digital, media and information literacy research by bringing together researchers from all three communities, to foster the scientific debate and explore connections between them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The summer school alternates between framing presentations by senior researchers and the in-depth discussion of emerging research by participating PhD students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five experts have confirmed their participation in the 2026 edition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n