[ecrea] Updated call for papers for a special issue of the Journal "Media Studies"

*Call for papers, Journal **"**Media Studies"***

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*Special issue on /Critical insights in /**/European media literacy 
research and policy/** *

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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 Task Force 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 extent 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 them to?
   * What kind of educational model is now adequate?
   * What measures should the educational authorities take 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?
   * What kind of research methodology should be applied to measure the
     citizens' skills on the new platforms?
   * How can European research on media literacy best promote dialogue
     across academic, policy and industry stakeholders?

*Information about the Journal *

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/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. See

http://www.fpzg.unizg.hr/index.php?q=/izdavastvo/casopisi/media-studies 
for information on the Media Studies journal, with the notes for 
authors, and with the .pdf version of the 2010 double issue.

*Submission guidelines*

If you are interested in this call for the special issue, send your 
abstract (max. 700 words) to the guest editors. 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. Please send your 
abstract or questions to:


María del Mar Grandío

(MGrandio /at/ pdi.ucam.edu) <mailto:(MGrandio /at/ pdi.ucam.edu)>

Tao Papaioannou

(Papaioannou.t /at/ unic.ac.cy) <mailto:(Papaioannou.t /at/ unic.ac.cy)>

Christine Wijnen

(christine.wijnen /at/ univie.ac.at)

*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 **