[Commlist] CFP: "Media literacy in a media-rich ecology" Conference - ISCTE-IUL

*Call for papers: "Media literacy in a media-rich ecology" *Conference* *

ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, in association with the European project MediaCoach 
Initiative, is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 
Conference "Media literacy in a media-rich ecology", which will be held 
December 4, 2019 (Wednesday), at ISCTE-IUL, Portugal 
(https://www.iscte-iul.pt/).

*Concerning the theme:*

*Media literacy in a media-rich ecology*

As the current digitally mediated environment becomes an ever more 
substantial means through which individuals structure their personal and 
social lives, it is increasingly important that they understand the 
complex nature of media ecology. The media permeate virtually all 
domains of the lives of common citizens, embedded in domestic and social 
lives, education and training, work and leisure. Though they offer 
plenty of opportunities in all these areas, they also pose challenges at 
the personal and societal levels. Given the fast pace of technological 
change in our current media-rich ecology, the increase in media-literate 
individuals is seen as a desirable societal goal in an age where media 
illiteracy tends to be regarded as problematic as traditional 
illiteracy. This environment also prompts a renewed effort to 
conceptualize, measure and disseminate media literacy worldwide, posing 
its own challenges for research and policy.

This conference aims not only to reach the scholarly community 
interested in digital and media literacy, but also to encourage 
non-profit organizations and activists working on media literacy-related 
initiatives to join us in discussion.

There will be three panels with the following topics:

1 - Digital literacy related activism and non-profit Organizations

2 - New digital devices, new challenges in media literacy?

3 - Digital literacy and Policy

*Submission Information:*

Proposals can be submitted through the following link:

https://forms.gle/viUG5wnvWeFXSwXG6

Each submission should include a title, an abstract, up to five 
keywords, a brief biography of the authors and current affiliation.

The proposals must be submitted in English. The conference language is 
English.

Proposals should also indicate the thematic panel of the communication 
to be presented.

Each tenderer may submit only one presentation proposal.

Selected presentations will be invited to *publish* in a *special issue* 
of the Scientific Journal Observatorio (OBS*) 
(http://obs.obercom.pt/index.php/obs).

*Submission Procedure:*

Proposals must be submitted online via the following link until 
*September 15, 2019*:

https://forms.gle/viUG5wnvWeFXSwXG6

All proposals will be peer-reviewed by the Program Committee.

Notifications of acceptance will fall under the responsibility of the 
coordinators of the thematic panels and will be sent out  by the 
beginning of October 2019.

Accepted authors must submit their final abstract (according to 
standards to be determined in due course) by the end of October 2019.

For further information please contact the local organizers at 
(tjfls1 /at/ iscte-iul.pt) <mailto:(tjfls1 /at/ iscte-iul.pt)>.


The final program of the Conference will be defined after receiving the 
final abstracts of the approved communications.

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