Division Media Education

Current conference: Media Education and (Media) Socialization in the Mirror of Central Societal Challenges of the 21st Century - #mpaed2023f

Spring conference of the Media Education Section (DGfE) on Thursday, March 30 and Friday, March 31, 2023 at Leuphana University Lüneburg. Organized by Henrike Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, Jane Müller, Anja Schwedler-Diesener and Mareike Thumel.

A cooperation of Leuphana University Lüneburg and Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU).

Conference website | Call for Papers | Deadline: 15.12.2022
PhD Forum | Call for Papers | Deadline: 15.12.2022

Orientation Framework Media

Education After detailed consultation, the Section of Media Education has now adopted an "Orientation Framework for the Development of Curricula for Media Education Programs and Study Programs" (see here).
Literature: Section Media Education. 2017. "Guidance framework for the development of curricula for media education courses and study units". Media Education (4th December) 1-7.

KMK develops strategy for "Education in the Digital World"

In 2016/2017, the Conference of Ministers of Education (KMK), in cooperation with numerous partners, developed a comprehensive strategy on education in the digital world (see Website of the KMK). The board of the Section of Media Education and the steering committee of the initiative "No education without media!" took part in this process with their own statements. These can be seen here: Statement Board / Opinion KBoM.

Overview of Study Programs for Media Education

Together with the Society for Media Education and Communication Culture (GMK), the section has compiled an overview of study programs and courses of study focusing on media education in German-speaking countries. The list can be downloaded as PDF file here (as of June 2018).

New Publications

Jörissen, B., Roßkopf, C., Rummler, K., Bettinger, P., Schiefner-Rohs, M. and Wolf, K.D. (Eds.) (2022). Jahrbuch Medienpädagogik 18. Aesthetics - Digitality - Power. New Research Perspectives at the Intersection of Cultural Education and Media Education. https://doi.org/10.21240/mpaed/jb18.X.

Holze, J., Verständig, D. & Biermann, R. (Eds.) (2020). Media Education between Subjectivity and Collectivity. Reflections in the Context of the Digital Age. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-31248-0.

Fromme, J., Iske, S., Leik, T., Rehfeld, S., Bastian, J., Pietraß, M., and Rummler, K. (Eds.) (2020). Jahrbuch Medienpädagogik 15. Educational and Media Pedagogical Online Research: Challenges and Perspectives. MedienPädagogik. Journal for Theory and Practice of Media Education.

https://doi.org/10.21240/mpaed/jb15.X.Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Open Access Journal MedienPaed

You can find the online journal MedienPaed here: www.medienpaed.com/index In addition to recent publications, relevant media-pedagogical anthologies, which are out of print in bookstores, will be re-published digitally (open access) on the journal's website here.

Emerging Researchers’ Network for Media Education

Emerging researchers in the Section of Media Education organize themselves as "Junges Netzwerk Medienpädagogik" and are represented by a team that organizes, among other things, doctoral forums at the section meetings and tries to facilitate exchange and networking in various ways.
All PhD candidates and PostDocs in the field of media education are cordially invited to join the Facebook group "Junges Netzwerk Medienpädagogik" and the section. Contact: junges.netzwerk.medienpaedagogik@dgfe.de