Full Description
Public Policies in Media and Information Literacy in Europe explores the current tensions in European countries as they attempt to tackle the transition to the digital age, providing a comparative and cross-cultural analysis of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) across Europe.
This book takes a long-term perspective over the development of media education in Europe, and includes an appraisal of media, information, computer and digital literacies as they coalesce and diverge in the public debate over twenty-first-century skills. The contributors assess the various definitions of media and information literacy as a composite notion whose evolution as a cross-cultural phenomenon reveals various trends and influences in Europe. Throughout, this volume offers an in-depth coverage of MIL with all the different dimensions of policy-making, from legal frameworks to training, funding, evaluation and good practices. The authors propose modeling current MIL governance trends in Europe and conclude with a call for alternative and collective frames of research that they hope will influence policy-makers and other stakeholders, especially in terms of MIL governance.
This collection is ideal for students and researchers of MIL, as well as policy makers, educators and associations interested in MIL in the digital age.
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
PART I
Global analysis of European public policies in MIL
Chapter 1/ Mapping media and information literacy policies: new perspectives for the governance of MILDivina Frau-Meigs, Irma Velez, Julieta Flores Michel
PART II
MIL dimensions across countries: a qualitative approach
Chapter 2/ Definitions and values of media and information literacy in a historical context
Christine W. Trültzsch-Wijnen, María Francesca Murru and Tao Papaioannou
Chapter 3/ Legal frameworks for media and information literacy
María-del-Mar Grandío, Sirin Dilli and Brian O'Neill
Chapter 4/ Training and capacity-building in media and information literacy
Julian McDougall, Nurcay Turkoglu and Igor Kanižaj
Chapter 5/ The role of non-governmental actors in media and information literacy: a comparative media systems perspective
Marijana Matović, Kristina Juraitė and Alfonso Gutiérrez
Chapter 6/ Evaluation and funding of media and information literacyPiermarco Aroldi, Miguel Vicente, Norbert Vrabec
PART III
Critical perspectives
Chapter 7/ Good practices and emerging trends trends in media and information literacy
Conceicao Costa, Viktorija Car and Sofia Papadimitriou
Chapter 8/ The double bind of media and information literacy: a critical view on public policy discourses about MIL
Kirsten Drotner, Divina Frau-Meigs, Sirkku Kotilainen and Niina Uusitalo
Appendix 1: Map and ISO2 codes of participating European countries
Appendix 2: Template with guidelines for reporting phase
Appendix 3: Scoreboard for scoping phase
Appendix 4: Experts by country for the national reports
Appendix 5: Bibliography of national reports by country
Index
