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<p>Since the 1960s, there has been a thriving Nordic tradition of media literacy research, pedagogics, and policy on how to best prepare the emerging media citizen for an increasingly mediatised society. Although the Nordic model of media literacy has previously been characterised by connections to Bildung, critical theory, cultural studies, and progressive pedagogics, much of today's understanding of media literacy is associated with a more instrumental understanding of education, with connections to the commercialisation and digitalisation of compulsory education. By suggesting a historisation of the Nordic media literacy tradition, in connection to the Nordic media welfare state, this article opens a debate about the future directions of Nordic media literacy.</p>
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Since the 1960s, there has been a thriving Nordic tradition of media literacy research, pedagogics, and policy on how to best prepare the emerging media citizen for an increasingly mediatised society. Although the Nordic model of media literacy has previously been characterised by connections to Bildung, critical theory, cultural studies, and progressive pedagogics, much of today's understanding of media literacy is associated with a more instrumental understanding of education, with connections to the commercialisation and digitalisation of compulsory education. By suggesting a historisation of the Nordic media literacy tradition, in connection to the Nordic media welfare state, this article opens a debate about the future directions of Nordic media literacy.

Media Literacy and the Emerging Media Citizen in the Nordic Media Welfare State

Nordic Journal of Media Studies

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Since the 1960s, there has been a thriving Nordic tradition of media literacy research, pedagogics, and policy on how to best prepare the emerging media...

Media Literacy and the Emerging Media Citizen in the Nordic Media Welfare State

Published Online: Jun 07, 2020

Page range: 59 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/njms-2020-0006

Keywords
mediatisation, media literacy, media citizen, media welfare state, historisation

© 2020 Michael Forsman, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Media Literacy and the Emerging Media Citizen in the Nordic Media Welfare State

Published Online: Jun 07, 2020

Page range: 59 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/njms-2020-0006

Keywordsmediatisation, media literacy, media citizen, media welfare state, historisation

© 2020 Michael Forsman, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
mediatisation, media literacy, media citizen, media welfare state, historisation