Project

EMSOC: user empowerment in a social media culture

Acroniem

EMSOC-1

Code

179J45B10

Looptijd

01-12-2010 → 30-11-2014

Financiering

Regional and community funding: various

Promotor

Ronald Soetaert

Onderzoeksdisciplines

Social sciences
- Education curriculum
- Education systems
- General pedagogical and educational sciences
- Instructional sciences
- Specialist studies in education
- Other pedagogical and educational sciences

Trefwoorden

educatie sociale media retoriek cultuur geletterdheden

Projectomschrijving

The project explores to what extent and how people are (dis)empowered through their everyday use of social media considering issues of inclusion, media literacy and privacy. Literacy is approached from a cultural-educational perspective. Through ethnographic data collection and rhetorical analysis an assessment is made of how informal learning environments are created through social media with a major focus on digital literacies.