What are the media literacy competences mobilized by young adults as part of their civic or political participation?
(2016) PhD Winter School on Participation & Communication — Location: Guangzhou (China) (5.December.2016)
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- The study focuses on media literacy competences mobilized by young adults in their media practices oriented towards civic and political participation. Media literacy competences are competences mobilized into media devices. A competence is a process of mediation between the intentionality of individuals, their own resources and the resources of their environment; sets of resources (internal or external, latent or patent) are mobilized and transferred during the action (Jacques, 2016). Our theoretical framework – which is now being developed – integrates definitions of media literacy (Hobbs, 2010; Fastrez & De Smedt, 2012) to Carpentier’s (2016) AIP model. We chose to study young adults because « civic engagement is a key part of the transition between adolescence and mature adulthood [and] [p]olitical identities formed in the early-adult years are highly predictive of the positions individuals will hold in middle and even late adulthood » (Flanagan & Levine, 2010, pp. 160-161). We define civic engagement in a broader view of politics (Berger & De Munck, 2015; Carrel & Neveu, 2014) and consider it appears when publics congregate around a common perception of a problematic situation and around a will to act and to control this situation collectively. The methodology will consist of a qualitative study. In this way, we hope to develop a subtle understanding of the media literacy competences necessary for civic or political participation. In the first phase, exploratory interviews will be held with young adults that are civically or politically active, in order to get an overview of their media practices. Secondly, we will attend meetings of three political or civic groups in order to describe their engagement context (both actual practices and normative views). Thirdly, we will have guided tours of the media environment of some young adults of these groups. Finally, we will interview these young adults about the role of media in their engagement practices to determine the media competences they mobilize and to refine the understanding of their context of engagement.
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Burton, L. (2016). What are the media literacy competences mobilized by young adults as part of their civic or political participation? PhD Winter School on Participation & Communication, Guangzhou (China). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/49356