CONFERENCE

CIAC RESEARCHERS AT THE VI CONFERENCE ON LITERACY, MEDIA, AND CITIZENSHIP

On 21 and 22 April 2023, CIAC researchers will take part in the VI Conference on Literacy, Media, and Citizenship, happening at the Higher School for Social Communication in Lisbon. The event is organized by GILM – Informal Group on Media Literacy and will be joined BY CIAC researchers Ana Filipa Martins and Maria Potes Barbas as members of the Scientific Committee.

Under the motto “Digital transition and public policies”, CIAC researchers will present the communications: “Young consumers of information in uninformed times: an Academy in Faro” by Joana Palminha, Ana Filipa Martins and Mário Antunes; “Media literacy and language skills of university students: an analysis of social network accounts of Portuguese and Spanish newspapers”, by Olivia Fernández and Ana Filipa Martins; and “Thematic notebooks of the audiovisual quality Observatory: promotion of media literacy”, by Gabriela Borges.

The full program of the VI Conference on Literacy, Media, and Citizenship includes sessions on the new paradigms that media literacy and information can assume; its role in combating disinformation and infodemics; the challenges for public policies; and the opportunities/challenges of the digital transition to education and media literacy. In addition, there will be conferences and workshops with experts in the field; communications about media literacy; art installations; videos; and posters of ongoing projects.

More information here.