Conference Reflections

The 5th International Media Literacy Symposium in Ponta Delgada, Azores, was a fantastic experience. I had the chance to present my work titled Navigating the Future of Media Literacy: Exploring the Impact of Generative AI. Presenting and connecting with educators from different countries highlighted the importance of our shared mission to advance media literacy. Meeting so … [Read more...] about A Personal Journey at the 5th International Media Literacy Symposium: My Insights and Inspirations

What an amazing experience we had at the international Media Literacy Research Symposium (IMLRS) 2024 at Ponta Delgada in the Azores islands of Portugal in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. So many colleagues and friends from the Media Education Lab attended. It was a delight to meet in person new members of the MediaEd Graduate Symposium.  First, I must thank Belinha … [Read more...] about IMLRS, June 2024 Azores, Portugal

The International Media Literacy Symposium was a gathering of acutely caring scholar-educators deftly zeroing in on problems of social and ecological injustices embedded in our media cultures and sharing research aimed at tackling these problems through various educational practices. The panel I participated in was about the similarities, connections and gaps  in media and … [Read more...] about Privileging materiality, action, care and kinship in critical media literacy education

Just as AI experts have called the period in which data scarcity prevented the development of that technology “the winter of artificial intelligence,” it seems right to say that two events during the summer in the northern hemisphere will be marked as “the summer of media literacy” due to the abundance and quality of the debates. In June, the International Media Literacy … [Read more...] about The summer of Media Literacy Education

I was not sure I would make it onto the airplane to the Azores to present my work on Media Literacy Through Filmmaking at the 2024 International Media Literacy Research Symposium. This conference happens every two years, and I was excited to share my work with the international group I met in 2022 when I first presented in Madison, Wisconsin. But this year I was in the hospital … [Read more...] about Media Literacy Through Filmmaking: International Media Literacy Research Symposium 2024

Receiving the Marieli Rowe Innovation in Media Literacy Education Award for my ELELE project was a profound honor and a testament to the hard work and dedication poured into our academic writing project started in Azerbabiajan in 2016. Presented at the conference in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, on June 27-28, 2024, my study, "Algorithmic Social Justice through … [Read more...] about Celebrating Achievement: Reflections on the International Media Literacy Award and Conference Experience

Attending the 5th International Media Literacy Research Symposium in The Azores was an experience that I will always look back on with such fondness. There was a lot of personal and professional growth that I had the opportunity to experience through this trip. Traveling internationally with a group of my fellow classmates and alumni and navigating a new country was a learning … [Read more...] about Change is Happening

In June, I got to experience the Media Literacy Research Symposium, alongside my peers and my wonderful Professor, Belinha De Abreu. One of the main things I often think about from this experience was the intuitive recap video presented to all the attendees. The video made it clear that mis and dis information curated by artificial intelligence can be difficult to detect, … [Read more...] about Reflecting on Conversation