Media literacy in Greek and Swedish schools: a research proposal Ulrika Sjöberg Halmstad University Media and Communication Studies

Research and teaching  Ph.D. – Screen Rites  Media practices in the new country  Mediated childhoods in multicultural families in Greece  Internet appropriation among college students in Sweden, France, Canada and Mexico  Teaching areas: media education, media studies, audience research and methodology

Why this project?  Present research in Sweden  School documents  Lack of skills in schools  Mediated experiences in a global media culture

Purpose  To study how pupils (ages 13-16) and teachers, in Swedish and Greek schools, use media in the learning process and their ability to access, analyse and evaluate images and messages in various media.  To develop practices/strategies of media literacy in different mediated contexts.

Action research It is a reflective process that allows for inquiry and discussion as components of the “research.” Often, action research is a collaborative activity among colleagues searching for solutions to everyday, real problems experienced in schools, or looking for ways to improve instruction and increase student achievement. (Ferrance, 2000: 6)

 Teachers and pupils as co-actors in research process  Contextual:various places and media  Participating observations, interviews, media productions, media club

To be continued…