Beyond intellectual insularity: Multicultural literacy as a measure of respect

We report on a survey of 942 grade 10 and 11 students from 10 urban and ‘rurban’ boards in 5 Canadian provinces that takes stock of multicultural education three decades on in the context of youth's multiple, multimedia spheres of learning. This survey is presented as an innovative research instrument measuring what young people know about the struggles as well as the intellectual, political and cultural legacies of racialized peoples globally and nationally and where they learned it (school, media, family, community). Bivariate analysis of demographic, knowledge and attitudinal questions suggests schools’ unique role in building a common knowledge base to combat Eurocentrism and cultural racism

The fine line between person and persona in the Spanish reality television show La isla de las tentaciones: Audience engagement on Instagram

Producción CientíficaThe hybridization of television genres has led to numerous non-fiction television shows that base much of their success on audience engagement through social networks. This study analyses a specific case, that of La isla de las tentaciones (Temptation Island), to identify interpretive frames in reality shows and their interrelationships with audience involvement on Instagram. Based on a corpus of 8409 comments posted on Instagram by the followers of the program’s actor profiles, the article analyzes the lines between reality and fiction in this non-fiction television show about relationships and infidelity, and, in particular, how online “haters” play a performative role. The show’s participants who were unfaithful are insulted and receive numerous negative value judgments. The “coding and counting” method, drawn from Computer Mediated Discourse Analysis, is used for the coding. Results show that viewers barely allude to this show as fiction, do not differentiate between the actors and their characters, and empathize strongly with the stories they view. The study shows the need for media education, both for those who make the media and those who view it. The goal is not to detract from entertainment value, but to improve critical skills and to recover the educational function of media.Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades - (project PID2019-104689RB-I00

Beyond the headlines: Media and Information Literacy (MIL) in times of conflict

The wars of the 21st century are not the first media wars, and many tropes and schema have long histories, particularly propaganda and the othering of a purported enemy. What is new today is that although mass media remains a central and hegemonic source of insight and perspective, citizen journalism, social media, spreadable media, and surveillant, data-driven media have grown in significance at an exponential level, adding a layer of complexity. In this article, we focus on disparity in media coverage and make the point that media and information literacy provide a valuable set of lenses from which to view a cluster of news and social media accounts taken from the government, mainstream media, alternative media, and the DIY mediasphere of the social media. It centers on two conflicts that receive little media exposure -the Nagorno-Karabash conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the internal Anglo-Francophone conflict in Cameroon. It also offers examples of classroom activities that could be adapted and modified to most educational settings

Building Global Citizenship in a Neoliberal Age: Convergences between Media Education and Digital Literacy

RESUMEN. Este trabajo analiza el concepto de ciudadanía digital, señalando que solo puede garantizarse dando respuesta a los cambios en el ámbito tecnológico-educativo y atendiendo a las desigualdades socioeconómicas existentes. Se identifican algunas brechas digitales a las que se enfrenta una parte importante de la población escolar. Se plantea la necesidad de revisar las prácticas educativas y replantear una «re-profesionalización» del profesorado, incorporando nuevas estrategias de alfabetización digital y educación mediática. El artículo concluye sugiriendo que el ejercicio de la ciudadanía digital exige desarrollar políticas de reconocimiento que permitan luchar contra las situaciones de dominación cultural.ABSTRACT. This paper reviews the concept of digital citizenship and argues that it cannot be guaranteed without confronting existing socioeconomic inequalities and making appropriate changes to the implementation of technology in education. We identify ongoing digital divides that a significant part of the school population faces and assert the need to review existing educational practices and to embark on the «re-professionalization" of teachers by incorporating new strategies for digital literacy and media education. The article concludes by suggesting that a viable project of digital citizenship is not possible without broader policies that confront ongoing conditions of social and cultural inequality

Dissolving the dichotomies between online and campus‑based teaching: a collective response to The Manifesto for teaching online

This article is a collective response to the 2020 iteration of The Manifesto for Teach-ing Online. Originally published in 2011 as 20 simple but provocative statements, the aim was, and continues to be, to critically challenge the normalization of education as techno-corporate enterprise and the failure to properly account for digital methods in teaching in Higher Education. The 2020 Manifesto continues in the same critically pro-vocative fashion, and, as the response collected here demonstrates, its publication could not be timelier. Though the Manifesto was written before the Covid-19 pandemic, many of the responses gathered here inevitably reflect on the experiences of moving to digi-tal, distant, online teaching under unprecedented conditions. As these contributions reveal, the challenges were many and varied, ranging from the positive, breakthrough opportunities that digital learning offered to many students, including the disabled, to the problematic, such as poor digital networks and access, and simple digital poverty. Regardless of the nature of each response, taken together, what they show is that The Manifesto for Teaching Online offers welcome insights into and practical advice on how to teach online, and creatively confront the supremacy of face-to-face teaching