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Matteo Stocchetti (ed.) (ed.) Stocchetti Matteo Stocchetti (ed.) Media and Education in the Digital Age This book is an invitation to informed and critical participation in the current debate on the role of digital technology in education and a comprehensive introduction to the most relevant issues in this debate. After an early wave of enthusiasm about the Media and Education emancipative opportunities of the digital ‘revolution’ in education, recent contributions invite caution, if not scepticism. This collection rejects extreme interpretations and establishes a conceptual framework for the critical questioning of this role in terms of in the Digital Age concepts, assessments and subversions. This book offers conceptual tools, ideas and in- sights for further research. It also provides motivation and information to foster active participation in debates and politics and encourages teachers, parents and learners to Concepts, Assessments, Subversions take part in the making of the future of our societies. The Editor Matteo Stocchetti is Adjunct Professor in Political Communication at A˚bo Academy University in Vaasa (Finland). He is also Senior Lecturer at Arcada University of Applied Science in Helsinki, where he teaches Critical Media Analysis. Media and Education in the Digital Age ISBN 978-3-631-65154-4 www.peterlang.com 265154_Stocchetti_AK A5Br PLA research new.indd 1 17.04.14 KW 16 09:53 Matteo Stocchetti (ed.) (ed.) Stocchetti Matteo Stocchetti (ed.) Media and Education in the Digital Age This book is an invitation to informed and critical participation in the current debate on the role of digital technology in education and a comprehensive introduction to the most relevant issues in this debate. After an early wave of enthusiasm about the Media and Education emancipative opportunities of the digital ‘revolution’ in education, recent contributions invite caution, if not scepticism. This collection rejects extreme interpretations and establishes a conceptual framework for the critical questioning of this role in terms of in the Digital Age concepts, assessments and subversions. This book offers conceptual tools, ideas and in- sights for further research. It also provides motivation and information to foster active participation in debates and politics and encourages teachers, parents and learners to Concepts, Assessments, Subversions take part in the making of the future of our societies. The Editor Matteo Stocchetti is Adjunct Professor in Political Communication at A˚bo Academy University in Vaasa (Finland). He is also Senior Lecturer at Arcada University of Applied Science in Helsinki, where he teaches Critical Media Analysis. Media and Education in the Digital Age www.peterlang.com 265154_Stocchetti_AK A5Br PLA research new.indd 1 17.04.14 KW 16 09:53 Media and Education in the Digital Age Matteo Stocchetti (ed.) Media and Education in the Digital Age Concepts, Assessments, Subversions Bibliographic Information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Media and education in the digital age : concepts, assessments, subversions / Stocchetti Matteo, ed. pages cm. ISBN 978-3-631-65154-4 -- ISBN (invalid) 978-3-653-04437-9 1. Internet in education. 2. Digital media. 3. Education--Effect of technological innovations on. I. Stocchetti, Matteo. LB1044.87.M43 2014 371.33'44678--dc23 2014006469 An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched. KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make high quality books Open Access for the public good. More information about the initiative and links to the Open Access version can be found at www.knowledgeunlatched.org ISBN 978-3-631-65154-4 (Print) E-ISBN 978-3-653-04437-9 (E-PDF) E-ISBN 978-3-653-98642-6 (E-PUB) E-ISBN 978-3-653-98641-9 (MOBI) DOI 10.3726/ 978-3-653-04437-9 Open Access: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives 4.0 unported license. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ © Matteo Stocchetti, 2014 Peter Lang GmbH Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin This publication has been peer reviewed. www.peterlang.com Preface This volume is the first book length publication of the research programme Media and Education in the Digital Age – MEDA. MEDA is an interdisciplinary research programme whose main goal is to sup- port the circulation of critical knowledge about the educational role of digital tech- nology. It should be clear that MEDA does not promote the use or the rejection of digital technology. Rather it promotes a critical attitude towards the values, goals and ultimately pedagogical projects that inspire its usages in education. In this endeavour, MEDA shares many of the assumptions, interests, intellectual goals and conceptual tools of the critical traditions that pays attention to the changes af- fecting education as part of a larger reflection on the nature and direction of social change. The notion of ‘critical’ that inspires the work and ambitions of MEDA includes at least three features: first an explicit attention to the relations of power implied, reproduced, challenged or otherwise associated with the uses of digital technolo- gies in education. Second, sensitivity towards the idea that the study of social phe- nomena is not detached from but very much part of and actually influential upon the phenomena investigated. Finally, the normative commitment to the idea that improvement in education should be defined in relation to a notion of the ‘individ- ual’ as a value in herself and independently from other configurations instrumen- tally associated with this notion in the economic, political or religious domains. A number of friends and colleagues have supported this project in several ways. In particular I here gladly acknowledge a debt of gratitude toward, Ana Bermejillo Ibanez and Emiliano Blasco Doñamayor, Universidad San Pablo, Madrid (Spain), Belinha De Abreu, Fairfield University, Connecticut (USA), Jarkko Häutamäki, University of Helsinki (Finland), Alexandra Juhasz, Pitzer College in Claremont, California (USA), Reijo Kupiainen, University of Tampere (Finland), Guy Mer- chant, Sheffield Hallam University (UK), Nigel Kimberly and Jan-Anders Ray, Arcada University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki (Finland). 5 Notes on the Contributors Cristina Aliagas Marín is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Edu- cational Studies at The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Her research interest focuses on the role of literacy in the everyday life of Catalan/Spanish teen- agers, particularly those that resist education. Within this broad area, her research covers a variety of topics: ethnography and literacy, digital literacies, literacy/ literary identities and the complex interface between vernacular literacies and the curriculum. In 2012, her PhD. Thesis, El desinterès lector adolescent (The ado- lescent lack of interest in reading, 2012) was finalist of the Joventut award of the Catalan Government. Alberto Bitonti has a PhD in Political Theory and Public Affairs (University of Roma Tre, 2011). He is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at IES Abroad Rome (Italy) and Fellow of the School of Public Affairs at American Univer- sity (Washington DC). His research interests include the theory of power and the political process (especially lobbying and pressure groups), civic and media education and philosophy of science. Recently, he published a book on Italian ruling class. Scott Bulfin is lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University where he studies ‘new literacies’ for young people and adults across various educational contexts. He is a member of the Learning/New Media Research Group at Monash University and is currently engaged in a three-year Australian Government (ARC) funded ethnography of digital technologies in secondary schools. He can be reached at [email protected]. Josep M. Castellà Lidón is a Senior Lecturer in Catalan Philology and Discourse Analysis in the Department of Humanities at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. His interests in research encompasses Discourse Analysis and Social Linguistics. Cur- rently, he collaborates with the research group GR@EL /Critical Literacy. He usually collaborates in conferences and journals of applied linguistics. He is the author of the book Oralitat i escriptura: dues cares de la complexitat en el llen- guatge (2004), and coauthor of Entendre(‘s) a classe. Les estratègies comunica- tives dels docents ben valorats (2007) (Educational Research Award Foundation Catalan Encyclopedia 1999). 7 Verolien Cauberghe is Assistant Professor in Communication Management at the Ghent University. She teaches the courses Marketing Communication, Corporate Communication and Social Marketing. Her research interest lays on advertising effectiveness and social marketing. In the past she did research related to advertis- ing knowledge among minors, the persuasive impact of communication strategies (e.g., two-sided messages) and crisis communication. Among her recent publica- tions: De Vocht, M., Cauberghe, V., Uyttendaele, M., & Sas, B. (2014). ‘Affective and cognitive reactions towards emerging food safety risks in Europe’, Journal Of Risk Research and Claeys, A.-S., & Cauberghe, V. (2013). ‘What