“不确定性和极化世界下的媒体教育”国际会议
由北京师范大学 - 香港浸会大学联合国际学院媒体素养教育中心以及西交利物浦大学媒体与传播系共同主办的国际会议“不确定性和极化世界下的媒体教育”现正对外征稿。
稿件摘要的截止提交日期为2021年4月16日。
据征稿启事，疫情时代的不确定性以及加剧极化对高等教育带来了前所未有的挑战。这样的挑战对媒体教育来说尤为紧迫。一方面，由于媒体教育的开展涉及媒体技术的培训和使用，该领域关于远程学习的有效性及其社会和伦理涵义的讨论会更为显著。另一方面，因为这场全球性公共卫生危机加剧了各国和各阶层之间的社会与经济发展不均，后疫情时代的人们将更加关注高校媒体教育中可能出现的包容与多样化缺乏现象。
为及时关注和讨论这些议题，上述两校从事媒体教育的部门将合作于2021年6月13日-14日在位于珠海的北京师范大学 - 香港浸会大学联合国际学院校园内举办该学术会议。投稿可涉及的具体议题和其他事项，请参阅英文版的征稿启事。
录用通知:2021年5月1日
会议注册时间:2021年6月12日至13日
会议时间:2021年6月13 - 14日
请将500字以内的摘要发送至mlec@uic.edu.cn。
会议组织委员会
Jesse Owen Hearns Branaman (johearnsbranaman@uic.edu.cn)，北京师范大学-香港浸会大学联合国际学院副教授，媒体与传播研究项目，中国
Dr. Richard Xiaying Xu (richardxu@uic.edu.cn)，北京师范大学-香港浸会大学联合国际学院公共关系与广告项目助理教授
Dr. Xianwen Kuang (xianwen.kuang@xjtlu.edu.cn)，副教授，西安交通大学利物浦分校媒体与传播学系，中国
Dr. Diana Garrisi (diana.garrisi@xjtlu.edu.cn)，西安交通大学利物浦分校媒体与传播学系助理教授
Call for Papers
Research Conference on “Media Education in an Uncertain and Polarized World”
The advent and impact of COVID-19 have highlighted dramatic uncertainties in a more polarized world. Existing literature on the consequences of COVID-19 has confirmed the intensification of divergences of views and behaviours on various social and political issues, e.g. perceived risks associated with the novel coronavirus, concerns with the lifting of restrictions imposed by the governments and the use of news media for providing information about the pandemic (de Bruin, Saw & Goldman, 2020).
The uncertainties which persist and characterize the COVID-19 Era have brought massive challenges to the practices of higher education as a result of deepened polarizations. Such challenges are even more pressing to media education. On the one hand, the delivery of media education, which involves both the training and use of media technologies, has to address the academic effectiveness of distant learning and its social and ethical implications in a context of instability. On the other hand, COVID-19 has put media education under magnifying lenses highlighting how lack of inclusion and diversity persists in the university sector.
This is also the case because the world health crisis would not only “intensify social and economic inequalities across different higher education systems” (Mok, Xiong, Ke and Cheung, 2020) but also across different social classes within the same society.
To address these timely and pressing issues in media education, the Media Literacy and Education Center (MLEC) at Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC), Zhuhai, China and the Department of Media and Communication at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), Suzhou, China will jointly organize a research conference which aims to explore the challenges and opportunities of media education in the more manifestly uncertain and polarized world brought by COVID-19.
The conference will be held at the UIC campus in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province on June 13th and 14th, 2021. The conference attendees will be able to participate either in-person for those in China and virtually for those outside of China, due to the current travel and pandemic control restrictions.
We are open to contributions regarding media education in the post COVID-19 Era in different countries. Possible themes include but are not limited to:
Theoretical frameworks
Emerging learning models
The application of Western teaching principles in non-Western countries
Media education in transnational universities
Teaching media law/ethics
Accreditation standards of media education
Media education in countries that are making a transition to democracy
The gap between academia and the industry
Fieldwork policies and learning outcomes
Teaching in collaboration with the industry
The structure of media studies curricula
Student awareness of politics
Managing student expectations
Technology-enhanced teaching
Community-based educational projects
Student media
Education as an agent of change
Education as a way to maintain the status quo
Internationalization of educational strategies
Media studies as a reservoir of transferable skills
Media literacy
Political and market influences on media studies curriculum design
Media studies and ideological/political indoctrination
Student health
Inclusion and diversity
The right to privacy in education
Key dates
Abstract submission deadline: April 16th, 2021
Notification of acceptance: May 1st, 2021
Conference registration: June 12th and June 13th, 2021
Conference: June 13th- 14th, 2021
Please send in abstracts of max 500 words to mlec@uic.edu.cn.
Conference Organizing Committee
Dr. Jesse Owen Hearns Branaman (johearnsbranaman@uic.edu.cn), Associate Professor, Media and Communication Studies Program, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, China
Dr. Richard Xiaying Xu (richardxu@uic.edu.cn), Assistant Professor, Public Relations and Advertising Program, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, China
Dr. Xianwen Kuang (xianwen.kuang@xjtlu.edu.cn), Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communication, Xi’an-Jiaotong Liverpool University, China
Dr. Diana Garrisi (diana.garrisi@xjtlu.edu.cn), Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication, Xi’an-Jiaotong Liverpool University, China
Please contact the committee members above if you have any questions about the conference. We look forward to receiving your abstracts!
