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Media Education Research Journal (MERJ)

Date posted: 17/01/2011

Volume 2 Issue 2 (spring/summer 2011)

Call for articles

Deadline: 1  July 2011

The editors invite articles from academics and practitioners from all sectors who wish to share the outcomes of case studies / research into media learning and pedagogy. Themes may include (but are not restricted to):

  • Action research with Media students       
  • The relationship between theory and practice
  • Assessing media learning            
  • The categorisation and assessment of creativity and originality
  • The employability discourse            
  • How media literacy and media education relate
  • Media learning practices in 'Media 2.0'        
  • The Media teacher as researcher; and the academic as practitioner
  • The boundaries of media education and within media education
  • Pedagogy related to specific learning contexts (eg 14-19 diploma, 'reframing literacy' in primary education, production-based University learning) or progression between learning contexts.


Articles are invited in two formats:

  • FULL ARTICLES (4–5000 words) sharing the outcomes of research (with appropriate methodology and critical analysis of data) to contribute to the field of media education and pedagogy.
  • RESEARCH REPORTS (1500 words) sharing work in progress or completed research pending critical analysis from emerging researchers. These reports will serve a networking and incubation function.

The journal will also feature reviews of books, online material, conferences and other related areas.
 
The deadline for submissions for Volume 2 issue 2 is 1 July 2011.

For more information: http://www.auteur.co.uk/index.php?main_section=28&textentryid=299

 

MERJ Volume 1 issue 2
Richard Berger & Julian McDougall (eds)
MERJ offers a forum for the exchange of academic research into media education and pedagogy conducted by academics, practitioners and teachers situated in all sectors and contexts for media education. The journal aims to encourage dialogue between the sectors and between media educators from different countries, with the aim to facilitate the transfer of critical, empirical, action and discursive research into the complexity of media education as social practice.

Volume 1 Issue 2 Contents
ISSN: 2040-4530
Full Articles
Berger, R and McDougall, J, Doing WikiLeaks? New Paradigms and (or) Ecologies in Media Education
Skaar, H, Buckingham, D and Vebjorg, T, Marketing on the Internet: A New Educational Challenge
Bragg, S, Tales of the Classroom: On Making Media in School
Kammerl, R and Hein, S, Media Education - A School Subject
Ash, A, Macdonald, I and Bishop, L, Moving Image, Shifting Positions, Varying Perspectives: Altering the Focus of Teachers

Research Reports
O'Brien, W, Learning to Kill? Taking Aim with the First-Person Shooter: A Report on the Research to Date
Ashton, D, Media Education and Media Industries: Industry, Anxiety and Aspirations

Book & Resources Reviews (including)
Teaching Digital Natives (Prensky)
The Media Student's Book - 5th ed. (Branston & Stafford)
Teaching Media in Primary Schools (Bazalgette ed.)
 

Volume 2 Issue 1 will be published in spring/summer 2011 and will include papers presented at the Media Literacy Conference in London in November 2010.