[ecrea] TATS Cost CFP Media Literacy

> COST call for papers special issue on media literacy
>
> Dear COST participants,
>
> The Working Group 1 of the “Transforming Audiences, Transforming 
> Societies” Action is inviting proposals for the special issue on 
> "Critical insights in European media literacy research and policy", to 
> be published in "Media Studies".
>
> See the call for papers below.
>
> Best regards and Merry Christmas,

> Tao Papaioannou
> Christine Wijnen
> María del Mar Grandío

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COST Action (ISO906) “Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies”

Call for papers
Journal “Media Studies”
Special issue on Critical insights in European media literacy research 
and policy

Special issue overview
In a mediated and digital world, theoretical and pedagogical ambitions 
for media literacy among audiences are often huge with the promotion of 
media literacy holding out promises of critical literacy, democratic 
engagement and participatory culture. However, these ambitions for media 
literacy have often met with insufficient resources, a lack of policy 
commitment and problems of measurement. The Working Group on “Audience 
and Media Literacy” of the Cost Action “Transforming Audiences, 
Transforming Societies” would like to invite contributions to a special 
issue of the academic journal Media Studies, dedicated to the themes of 
new theoretical insights in media literacy research as well as 
methodological, pedagogical and policy challenges in the European context.

Framing media literacy within audience studies, this special issue seeks 
original empirical studies or new theoretical perspectives on 
conceptual, measurement or policy issues. Topics of interests include, 
but are not limited to the following:
• To what extend audiences can be seen as media-savvy?
• Is media literacy the same across all media?
• Are citizens audiovisually and digitally literate so as to be able to 
handle sensibly whatever the media expose to them?
• What kind of educational model is now adequate?
• What measures should take the educational authorities in the field of 
Media Education?
• What kind of policies should be encouraged from both national and 
European level?
• What resources underline media literacy and how could these be further 
developed?
• With kind of research methodology should be applied to measure the 
citizens’ skills on the new platforms?
• How best can European research on media literacy promote dialogue 
across academic, policy and industry stakeholders?

Information about the Journal
Media Studies is an interdisciplinary journal Publisher by the 
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science and the Croatian 
Communication Association. The journal provides an international forum 
for the presentation of research and advancement of discourse concerning 
media, communications, journalism, and public relations.

Submission guidelines
If you are interested in this call for the special issue, send your 
abstract (max. 700 words) to the guest editor. Please use the following 
subject line in the email: “COST - Special issue Media Studies”. 
Notification to proceed developing an article will be sent to submitting 
authors by the end of February 2012. Upon this acceptance, manuscripts 
shall undergo a rigorous international, double-blind peer review. 
Manuscripts should be written in English, using Times New Roman; size 
12; 1.5 line spacing; all pages should be numbered appropriately. The 
main text of the article shall be between 5,000 and 6,000 words. 
References must be incorporated into the text (not in end note format) 
and must follow the Harvard Style of Referencing.

Tentative Schedule
31 January, 2012 - Deadline for submission of long abstracts
28 February, 2012 - Notification of acceptance of abstracts by a team of 
special issue editors
31 July, 2012 - Deadline for submission of full-length articles for peer 
review
1 October, 2012 - End of peer review process (notification of acceptance 
or rejection /suggestions for improvement)
1 November, 2012 - Deadline for submission of final articles
1 December, 2012 - Ready for print
January 2013 – Publication of the special issue

Guest Editor
Sonia Livingstone
Department of Media and Communications
London School of Economics and Political Science
Contact: (S.Livingstone /at/ lse.ac.uk)