Transmedia literacy in the new media ecology: an internacional map of teens' transmedia skills

Scolari, Carlos Alberto, 1963-; Masanet, Maria-Jose; Guerrero Pico, María del Mar; Establés, María-José

Transmedia literacy in the new media ecology: an internacional map of teens' transmedia skills

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Scolari CA, Masanet MJ, Guerrero-Pico M, Establés MJ. Transmedia literacy in the new media ecology: an internacional map of teens' transmedia skills. In: Kalir JH, editor. Proceedings of the 2018 Connected Learning Summit; 2018 Aug 1-3; Cambridge, MA. Pittsburgh (PA): Carnegie Mellon University; 2019. p. 244-53.

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The emergence of new media, devices, narratives, and practices has compelled media literacy scholars and professionals to review their theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches. Based on a new concept—transmedia literacy—that moves from traditional media literacy (teaching critical media skills at school) to informal learning and practices of participatory cultures, the research behind the present paper aims to understand how new generations are doing things with media outside schools and how they learn to do the things they do. After a short description of the objectives and the methodology, the paper focuses on one of the outputs of this international research (2015–2018) that has involved 8 countries: a map of teens’ transmedia skills developed in the context of informal learning environments’ collaborative cultures.