[Commlist] CFP: Media and Information Literacy in Transition - Advancing MIL in the Baltic Region, Special Issue of CEJC

Media and Information Literacy in Transition:
Advancing MIL in the Baltic Region
Special Issue of the Central European Journal of Communication (CEJC)
https://www.cejc.ptks.pl/News/CALL-FOR-PAPERS-SPECIAL-ISSUE-2020
Guest Editor: Maarit Jaakkola, Associate Professor, University of 
Gothenburg, (maarit.jaakkola /at/ gu.se)
This special issue aims to examine current issues and challenges in 
advancing media and information literacy (MIL) in the Baltic region.
Media and information literacy (MIL) is regarded as a crucial competence 
in today’s societies. The concept of MIL combines media and information 
literacy under one umbrella term, and includes a range of different 
media- and communication-related competences. The term has come to be 
the focus of a number of political, social and cultural expectations and 
interests, used in very different contexts and adapted to a variety of 
approaches. Meanwhile, the concept has also undergone changes, adopting 
altered meanings, and a large number of similar concepts have emerged, 
resulting in local applications and cultures of adaptation.
Taking the prefix ‘trans’ – from transnational or transition – to its 
conceptual starting point, articles in this issue should explore 
transitions in MIL policies and pedagogies, in contexts of societal 
transition. The prefix refers to movement across, through, over, beyond, 
to, on the other side of, or outside something. ‘Trans’ implies the 
existence of boundaries of certain kind, and the movement, change or 
reconfiguration – a willingness to identify and overcome the boundaries, 
and to learn from these boundary crossings.
While focusing on transformation, this special issue has three major 
aims. First, we want to dedicate a special issue to topical and original 
MIL research originating from a specific geo-cultural area, the Baltic 
region. By the Baltic region we refer to countries around the Baltic 
Sea, and wish to particularly focus on the Baltic states (Estonia, 
Latvia, Lithuania), Poland and Russia; but we also welcome comparisons 
to Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Second, in doing this, we aim 
at making theories of MIL more context-sensitive and responsive to local 
conditions, thus responding to the scholarly calls for comparativity and 
a de-westernization of media studies, applying these ideas to the study 
of MIL. Third, in the former communist-bloc countries, MIL is a young 
and developing phenomenon with a relatively short – about 30 years’ – 
history. Therefore, we want to identify and document developments within 
this time period.
The Baltic region may show a great diversity in MIL approaches, but the 
individual countries also have things in common, such as limited 
language communities of the national languages, small media markets, and 
similar experiences of history. Topics that can be addressed in the 
special issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Translations of global MIL frameworks into national contexts:How have 
UNESCO MIL policies adapted to and been implemented in the national 
contexts? What kinds of local understandings and applications are there 
regarding the concept of MIL?
* Transnational developments of MIL: What kinds of specific, unique 
national developments are there in the Baltic region, and how do ideas 
migrate from one country to another? How are MIL approaches in the 
Baltic region interconnected or influenced by each other?
* Trans-sectoral innovations in MIL: How do different MIL stakeholders – 
, e.g., schools, authorities, libraries, youth organizations, and 
associations – collaborate? What kind of innovative approaches are there 
in different and alternative communicative environments, and how do they 
apply and possibly modify MIL?
* Transitional and transmedia aspects of MIL: How are literacies 
changing? How does cross-platform media use affect the ability to read, 
write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media?
* Transcultural aspects of MIL: How is cultural dialogue – e.g., 
transgenerational encounters or encounters between minority and majority 
cultures – enabled through MIL and MIL education?
We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions, with special 
focus on the development of methodology in the research on MIL. 
Contributions with ambitions for transnational comparisons and 
methodological frameworks with transnational applicability are 
particularly welcomed.
Submission
Please send a 400–500-word proposal written in English, indicating 
central questions, methodology, and theoretical framework, to 
MILtransition2020@gmail.comby 31 August 2019, along with a short author bio.
Contributors will be notified by 31 October, and their completed 
articles will be due on 15 January 2020.
Full articles (max. 8,000 words or 45,000 characters, including notes 
and references) should follow the journal’s manuscript guidelines, see 
https://www.cejc.ptks.pl/Guidelines.
For any inquiries concerning article submissions, please contact editor 
Maarit Jaakkola at  (maarit.jaakkola /at/ gu.se).
Key dates
* Deadline for abstract submission: August 31, 2019
* Authors notified of decision: October 31, 2019
* Deadline for completed articles: January 15, 2020 (followed by peer 
review)
* Preliminary publication date (after peer-review): Spring 2020
Background
The Central European Journal of Communication(ISSN 1899-5101), published 
twice a year, is the official journal of the Polish Communication 
Association. The journal provides an international forum for empirical, 
critical and interpretative quantitative and qualitative research 
examining the role of communication in Central Europe and beyond. The 
journal publishes high-quality research and analysis from diverse 
theoretical and methodological approaches, and welcomes contributions 
from all researchers interested in communication and media. For more 
information, see https://www.cejc.ptks.pl.
The special issue is produced in cooperation with the Erasmus+ funded 
project Media and Information Literacy and Innovative Teaching 
(MIL+LAB). The main objective of this project is the creation of the 
international master study program in media and information literacy and 
the formation of a virtual laboratory for the development of innovative 
teaching and learning methods for MIL needs. The project partners are 
Riga Stradins University, Latvia; University of Tartu, Estonia; 
University of Vilnius, Lithuania, University of Wroclaw, Poland; 
University of Gothenburg, Sweden; National Library of Latvia; and 
National News Agency LETA, Latvia.


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