{"id":3912,"date":"2023-11-27T19:57:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T01:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ic4ml.org\/?post_type=journal-article&p=3912"},"modified":"2023-12-06T12:51:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:51:04","slug":"media-literacy-in-the-third-space-school-library","status":"publish","type":"journal-article","link":"https:\/\/ic4ml.org\/pt-pt\/journal-article\/media-literacy-in-the-third-space-school-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Literacy in the Third Space School Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This article shares the findings from a study which applies a theory of change for dynamic media literacy to foster resilience and promote positive consequences in the media ecosystem through a collaboration between academic\/educational media literacy practice and the UK School Library Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research generates transferable findings to support capacity-building for school librarians to work with young people in third spaces to foster media ecosystem change through third space media literacy work. This article:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Synthesises the intersection of libraries in general and school libraries in particular with media literacy using the theoretical concept of \u2018third space;\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Describes the project\u2019s methods, activities and data collection;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Shares the findings with regard to situating school libraries as third spaces in which to enable the positive impact of media literacy development on the capabilities and resilience of young people. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        This research was funded by the Nurture Network (eNurture). eNurture is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI: Grant reference: ES\/S004467\/1). The research was conducted by the authors in collaboration with Alison Tarrant, CEO of the UK School Library Association and Ali Kennedy, TASIS: The American School in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Keywords<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        Media Literacy, School Libraries, Third Space, Ecosystems, Resilience<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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        Media Literacy, Wellbeing and Resilience<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        This study investigates the benefits of media literacy activities in the school library on secondary school students\u2019 (age 14-15) wellbeing and resilience in the digital environment. Wellbeing in this context was related to mental health but our definition of mental health was broad and informed by participants\u2019 self-disclosure of having experienced challenges in the digital environment, as opposed to diagnosed mental illness. As Ofcom state in its 2023 report on mental health and media literacy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Media literacy initiatives to support mental health could be seen as a spectrum \u2013 from treating people with a diagnosed mental illness to protecting people\u2019s wellbeing. (Ofcom, 2023: 4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Within this spectrum, this study is related to the protection of wellbeing through agency and the resilience we were hypothesising as attendant to digital literacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Ofcom\u2019s research identified four core principles which resonate with our approach: that<\/p>\n\n\n\n