Digital and Media Literacy and Citizenship

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The presentation of theoretical content will be used in association with the active participation of students, by means of discussions, group work, document analysis and production (in different formats: printed, audiovisual, digital, multimodal), and elaboration of intervention proposals. 

Learning Outcomes

This uc aims to promote critical reflection on the digital media ecosystem and the new social practices associated with it. It is intended to deepen the knowledge and understanding of digital and media literacy and its relationship with citizenship, to discuss the educational challenges of the digital age, and to promote the development of intervention skills, aimed at promoting digital and media literacy.

Skills to develop:

- Analyze the current media ecosystem and the new social practices associated with it

- Understand the concept of literacy and its evolution, framing it in the digital age

- Recognize the importance of a critical approach to digital and media literacy

- Analyze the relationship between digital literacy competences and the exercise of citizenship in the digital society

- Reflect on the educational challenges of the digital age

- Elaborate and develop projects and activities to promote digital and media literacy in diverse educational contexts.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The media ecosystem in the digital age

- Digital technologies, media convergence, and multimodal texts

- From face-to-face communication to network communication

- Digital media and new social practices.

 

2. Literacy/literacies for the 21st century - conceptual clarification

- The concept of literacy and its evolution

- Digital and media literacy - a critical approach

- Digital and media literacy competences

 

3. Media and citizenship education

- The media in the context of citizenship education

- Digital inclusion and digital citizenship

- Media education and citizenship: theoretical and methodological approaches.

 

4. Educational challenges of the digital age

- Digital media, algorithms and Filter Bubbles

- Social media and identity(s)

- (Dis)information and fake news

- Digital culture, produsage, and social participation.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Classroom work: 40.0%
Project: 60.0%

Bibliography

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Gutierrez, A., & Tyner, K. (2012). Media Education, MediaLiteracy and Digital Competence. Comunicar, 19(38), 31‑39

Lankshear, C., & Knobel, M. (2008). Digital Literacies: Concepts, Policies and Practices. Peter Lang

Matos, A. P. M., Festas, M. I., & Seixas, A. M. (2016). Digital media and the challenges for media education. Applied Technologies and Innovations, 12(2), 43-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.15208/ati.2016.04.

Miranda, G. L. (Org.). (2015). Psicologia dos comportamentos online. Relógio d’Água Editores.

Van Laar, E., Van Deursen, A.J.A.M., Van Dijk, J. A.G.M., De Haan, J. (2017). The relation between 21st-century skills and digital skills: A systematic literature review. Computers in Human Behavior, 72, 577-588.