Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Special Issue of ROTURA Journal Open Until January 31, 2025

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The ROTURA – Journal of Communication, Culture and Arts is now accepting submissions for its special issue titled “Alfamed – Digital Media, Rights, and Citizenship: Challenges for Media Education”. This thematic dossier will focus on new communication models in the digital age, emphasizing the importance of education in understanding and reflecting on the influence of digital media on personal and social development. The call for papers is open until January 31, 2025.

This edition aims to highlight the preservation of universal values such as freedom, as outlined in historical documents like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It seeks to explore how digital media can promote and protect human rights and how education can address challenges within the digital context.

Submissions addressing topics such as democratic citizenship through media education, digital media for the promotion of human rights and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), human rights, universal values, and (de)mediatization, media education through pedagogical and ethical strategies in teaching and learning processes, the impact of digital culture on promoting inclusion and diversity, and challenges of hypermedia society from various disciplinary perspectives are welcome for consideration in this upcoming issue.

This issue of the ROTURA will be edited by Dr. Armanda Matos (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Dr. Ana Beltrán Flandoli (Technical University of Loja, Ecuador), and Dr. Paula Renés (University of Cantabria, Spain).

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: January 31, 2025
Publication: April 30, 2025

The call for the Varia section, which welcomes articles on free topics, as well as Art Chronicles and Interviews, remains open on a rolling basis.

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