[Commlist] Call for Papers: Data Literacy and Education A Special Issue of the Journal of Media Literacy Education

Call for Papers

*Data Literacy and Education *

A Special Issue of the Journal of Media Literacy Education


*Guest Editors *

Leo Van Audenhove, Wendy Van den Broeck and Ilse Mariën
imec-smit, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium & University of the 
Western Cape

*Theme *

Proposals are invited for articles for a special issue of the Journal of 
Media Literacy Education on the theme of Data Literacy and Education. 
This special issue will focus on the role of data and data literacy 
competencies in the context of education.

Data can be seen as the currency of the 21st century. It is omnipresent 
and interwoven in the fabrics of today’s societies. Data provides many 
opportunities, including personalized services and environmental 
monitoring, but it also entails risks to privacy, data breaches and 
other potential harms. But we still know little about how people acquire 
the knowledge and skills needed to create, use, analyze, interpret and 
apply data.

Across the multidisciplinary and global media literacy community, 
discussion is emerging around the competencies needed to understand the 
role of data in the context of everyday life, including civic life and 
work life, with increased exploration of data mining, data 
communication, data analytics, data visualization, and data-driven 
decision making. Among educators, artificial intelligence, dashboard 
platforms, algorithms, analytics, user interface metrics, and embedded 
assessment are becoming increasing familiar concepts.

Because media literacy has proven its relevance and importance in the 
past, we believe it may continue to adapt to accommodate and encompass 
the many different aspects of a datafied society. Data clearly moves 
beyond the borders of the domain of education, communications, media and 
technology, incorporating the fields of computer science, statistics, 
public health and epidemiology, the learning sciences, and more. Data 
touches upon every aspect of our everyday life (school, health, work, 
civic life, etc.). How can data literacy be integrated into existing 
theories of media literacy? What concepts could be more useful for 
teachers and learners to incorporate data literacy into the curriculum? 
What are the potential consequences of increasing people’s data literacy?

*Journal of Media Literacy Education*

The Journal of Media Literacy Education provides a forum for established 
and emerging scholars, media professionals, and educational 
practitioners in and outside schools. For this special issue, we welcome 
contributions focusing on different dimensions of data literacy and 
education.
Some questions of special interest include:

- What does the concept data literacy mean? And how does it relate to 
media literacy?
- What kind of new competencies does it entail?
- What are the promising and emerging best practices in data literacy 
initiatives and programs?
- How do we integrate data literacy in school curricula?
- How is it taught to adult learners across the lifespan, and targeted 
to working professionals who are positioned to use and promote data, 
especially within the context of influencing social and public policy?
- What technical skills and tools are required? What are the strengths 
and limitations of these tools?
- What are the implications and requirements for policy making related 
to the topic?

*To Potential Authors *

Please submit a 500-word abstract by email to Guest Editor Leo Van 
Audenhove ((leo.van.audenhove /at/ vub.be) <mailto:(leo.van.audenhove /at/ vub.be)>) 
before September 31, 2019 to be considered for publication. Please 
include "Special Issue: JMLE" in the subject title. Abstracts should 
make clear the conceptual or theoretical perspective, data sources (if 
empirical), and contributions of the submission.

Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editors and selected authors 
will be invited to submit a full paper by November 1, 2019. Full papers 
will be expected on February 1, 2020, and must be uploaded to the JMLE 
website: www.jmle.org <http://www.jmle.org/>. Full papers undergo a 
standard blind peer review process according to JMLE policies. Accepted 
papers will be published in issue 12.2 in August, 2020.

Met vriendelijke groet

Leo Van Audenhove







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