Abstract David Buckingham’s (2023) “The trouble with ‘information literacy’” extends observations and areas rife for exploration related to the multiple terms and semantic framings regarding information literacy and other connected, but distinct areas of study. He problematizes narrow, ill-defined, or common conflations across sub-fields related to media education. Inspired by … [Read more...] about From Silos to Synergies: Co-developing Collaborations Across Media Education Sub-fields Towards Social and Environmental Justice
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Embracing Media Information Literacy in Community Development Initiatives in Sub Saharan Africa
Abstract The Media and information literacy (MIL) concept has been used widely by librarians and information and knowledge practitioners to refer to the three often clearly distinguished literacies, media literacy, information literacy, and digital literacy. MIL empowers people to develop themselves and their societies through enhanced capacities in communication and … [Read more...] about Embracing Media Information Literacy in Community Development Initiatives in Sub Saharan Africa
The Human Algorithmic Question: A Social Justice Imperative
A Letter from Guest Editor, Melda N. Yildiz, EdD As Artificial intelligence (AI) systems and machine learning algorithms have been used to automate decision-making processes from education to economic sectors, there is an inevitable impact on democracy and social justice. Cathy O’Neal (2016) reveals real-life impact stories of algorithmic injustice in her book, “Weapons of … [Read more...] about The Human Algorithmic Question: A Social Justice Imperative
From practice to policy? What lies beneath
Can media literacy policy be developed to deliver social justice, to empower the most vulnerable subalterns so that they can feel represented? There are technological, ideological, and socio-political structures that govern media messages and this creates the paradox that media literacy cannot study what remains unarticulated. An upcoming virtual global summit holds the rich … [Read more...] about From practice to policy? What lies beneath
