[Commlist] CfP: Handbook of Critical Literacies and Gender Studies

**Call for Chapters: Handbook of Critical Literacies and Gender Studies**
deadline: 28 July 2023


Social, cultural, economic and political contexts are directly related 
to the need for working civic and critical literacies (UNESCO, 2008). 
Educational institutions play an essential role in the civic and 
citizenship training of their youth and in building students’ civic 
literacy abilities in the face of an increasingly complex media 
landscape in the form of media education. The notions of civic and 
critical literacy must be thought to include different forms of media 
culture, ICT and new media. Hence, literacy analysis is deepened to 
relations between media and citizens addressing topics such as gender 
issues or other indicators of inequality and power imbalances, as gender 
differences exist both in education and in the distribution of civic and 
critical skills.


Critical thinking must be promoted from the intersection of formal 
learning with civic, social, and personal competencies. Media literacy 
is directly linked with citizenship and civic culture (Mihailidis, 
2012). The complex media landscape increases the challenges of 
developing the capacities of those literacies, intricating 
understandings of news and other media forms of (mis)information 
circulation. The increasing digitalisation of everyday life has 
increased the flow of (mis)information, which raises questions 
concerning the role of media in the quality of civic and critical 
literacies. Therefore, civic and critical literacies encompass 
understanding the power relations that organise information, journalism 
and communication in general, as well as the ability to critically 
understand information conveyed by a growing number of media.

The “MyGender – Mediated young adults’ practices: advancing gender 
justice in and across mobile apps” (PTDC/COM-CSS/5947/2020) project 
encourages the submission of chapters of up to 5000 words of theoretical 
work until 28 July 2023. Scientific contributions are accepted, in 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, that address the following themes, though not limited to:

– media literacy in higher education;
– the role of Universities in the promotion of media literacy;
– the links between media landscape and civic and critical literacies;
– democracy and civic and critical literacies;
– disinformation, fake news and other dangers to civic and critical 
literacies;
– media education;
– gender and civic and critical literacies;
– mobile applications and civic and critical literacies;
– mobile application regulation;
– data literacy;
– digital well-being and civic and critical literacies;
– mobile applications and subjectivities;
– critical thinking about mobile applications in higher education.

Scientific contributions should be submitted via e-mail to 
(mygender /at/ fl.uc.pt) <mailto:(mygender /at/ fl.uc.pt)> by 28 July 2023. The 
“Handbook of Critical Literacies and Gender Studies” will be published 
in cooperation with a renowned publisher under the framework of the 
MyGender project.


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