Call for Papers 1/2027

New Media Education

Issue prepared in cooperation between the Department of Media Education, IEMiD UKSW in Warsaw, and the Instructional & Developmental Communication Section of The Polish Communication Association (PCA).

Contemporary society functions in an era of profound mediatization of everyday life, in which media and artificial intelligence play a significant role. In this context, media education becomes a fundamental condition for full participation in life in any of its dimensions. At present, a clear shift can be observed from a narrow understanding of media education as media literacy toward more complex concepts of media and information literacy (MIL), encompassing the development of informational, digital, civic, ethical, and cultural competencies (Haider & Sundin, 2022).

In Poland, media education remains fragmented and dispersed, and a very large share of responsibility for shaping students’ media competencies rests with teachers (Adamczyk, 2025; Bereźnicka, 2023; Cicha et al., 2021). Consequently, an urgent challenge is the implementation of media education not only within schools, but also through the activities of various social and cultural institutions. Only a holistic and systemic approach to the issue, based on close cooperation among different institutions, can enable media education to be addressed in a relatively comprehensive manner. New challenges related to media use continue to emerge, including disinformation connected with armed conflicts, climate-related fake news, and the broadly understood phenomenon of infodemia (Antunes et al., 2025; Nichols & LeBlanc, 2021). Moreover, the development of artificial intelligence and immersive technologies (VR/AR) raises fundamental questions about the adequacy of existing conceptual categories and the need for new theoretical frameworks (Grabowska, 2025).

In order to take a closer look at contemporary challenges related to media education, the editorial board of the quarterly academic journal „Kultura – Media – Teologia” (eISSN: 2081-8971), published by Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, invites submissions of original scholarly articles. Suggested areas of research interest include:

• media education in school and academic systems
• media education related to AI and new technologies
• prevention of media addictions through media education
• critical media education and combating disinformation
• ethical aspects of media education
• media education and the digital safety of children and adolescents
• media literacy in the context of intercultural communication
• research methodologies in media education
• public policies in the field of media education
• teachers’ competencies in media education
• the role of the family in media education
• media education in the context of information crises
• immersive technologies (VR/AR) in media education
• ecological and civic approaches to media education

Deadlines:

By 30 July 2026 – submission of the article title and a short abstract to: k.marcynski@uksw.edu.pl, by 30 September 2026 (after acceptance of the proposal) – submission of the full article via the journal’s editorial panel.

Information on text formatting guidelines, citation styles, and formal requirements is available on the website of the journal Kultura Media Teologia. The issue editors and academic editors are members of the Department of Media Education at the Institute of Media Education and Journalism of UKSW in Warsaw: Rev. Prof. Krzysztof Marcyński SAC, PhD, DSc (Head of the Department), Magdalena Butkiewicz, PhD, and Aleksandra Gralczyk, PhD.

The publication is planned for the first half of 2027, in issue 1/2027 entitled “Media Education.” If you have any questions regarding the publication, its scope, substantive matters, or formal requirements, please feel free to contact us.

References used:

Antunes, M., Costa, L., Carenzio, A., & Espinosa, R. (2025). Special Issue Crisis Media Literacy Editorial. Observatorio (OBS). https://doi.org/10.15847/obsobs19520252699

Grabowska, A. (2025). Immersyjne doświadczenie kultury. Wykorzystanie AI, VR i AR w promocji dziedzictwa i edukacji. Zarządzanie w Kulturze. https://doi.org/10.4467/20843976zk.25.010.21911

Haider, J., & Sundin, O. (2022). Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003163237

Nichols, T., & LeBlanc, R. (2021). Media education and the limits of literacy: Ecological orientations to performative platforms. Curriculum Inquiry, 51, 389-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/03626784.2020.1865104