Vol. 17 No. 33 (2022): Number with Special Issue

SPECIAL ISSUE

Media literacy: strategies to intensify citizenship and democracy

EDITORS

Patrícia Silveira, Faculty of Design, Technology and Communication of Europeia University/IADE-UE; University of Minho/CECS

Ricardo Morais, Faculty of Arts and Humanities University of Porto; University of Beira Interior/LabCom

Technological development and the proliferation of digital tools and content have become elements that challenge media companies and content producers, as well as audiences, which, instigated by growing contexts of disinformation, often call into question democratic values and conscious civic participation. In recent years, the use of those platforms for the growth of populism and the reinforcement of authoritarian governments has become even more evident. In this context of threat to liberal democracy, citizenship and civic participation, the special issue “Media literacy: strategies to strengthen citizenship and democracy” aims to explore, based on the investigations of a group of authors, the importance and role of media and digital literacy as a constitutive and essential element for the formation of participatory, critical, dignified and fair citizenship, as an essential value in the construction and maintenance of plural and democratic societies.