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Framing the postdigital childhood

From families practises and knowledge to the educational response

Editors - Juliana E. Raffaghelli, Emilia Restiglian, Marco Scarcelli
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology, University of Padua.  Contact: juliana.raffaghelli, emilia.restiglian, marco.scarcelli [at]unipd.it
 
Large datasets formed upon the children’s exposure to social media, AI-powered toys and interfaces embed bias and injustice (Barassi, 2020). The data captured from toddlers overexposure to videos watched on social media platforms, later monetized in the commercial recommendations made to parents; images extracted because of the practices of sharenting, later modified through AI tools; or acts of cyberbullying on adolescents using pictures from their infancy, are just some of the unpredictable ways into which the postdigital life of children becomes risk and harm on them (Pangrazio & Sefton-Green, 2020). Childhood is nowadays being a subject of bio-codification, including genomics, neural and cognitive predictions blended with computational big data studies (Lupton & Williamson, 2017). Therefore, children’s rights to their identity and to a safe place to grow up are being violated (Rivera-Vargas et al., 2023)... read more....

 

IMPORTANT DATES

 Abstracts submission until September 10, 2024
 Final papers submission until December 22, 2024
 Papers Review – from 1 january 2025-30 april 2025 (including two rounds)
 Papers final version within May 30, 2025
 Issue publication : June 2025

 
For further details visit our Call for Papers Section, our Press Release or download the Call as a PDF
 

Media Education aims to increase knowledge and understanding of ways in which digital technology can enhance education, through the publication of high-quality research, which extends theory and practice. The Editors welcome research papers on the pedagogical uses of digital technology, where the focus is broad enough to be of interest to a wider education community.  It is open to established and emerging scholars, media professionals, teachers and educators. The journal adopts a double-blind peer review process to foster a multidisciplinary and intellectually rigorous debate on both the theory and practice of interactive media in education.

Editors in Chief
Gianna Cappello, University of Palermo, Italy
Maria Ranieri, University of Florence, Italy

Media Education is indexed in:
     
 
ISSN (print): 2038-3002 
ISSN (online): 2038-3010 

Current IssueVol 16, No 1 (2025): MEDIA EDUCATION – Studi, ricerche e buone pratiche

Published June 26, 2025

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Table of Contents

Editorial

Empowering Postdigital Childhoods: From Familial Practices to Educational Reimagination
Juliana Raffaghelli, Emilia Restiglian, Cosimo Marco Scarcelli
3-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/me-17836

Articles

Genitori zerosei anni e tecnologie tra percezione d’uso e datificazione: i trend nei Rapporti Cisf 2017, 2019, 2022 e 2024
Stefano Pasta, Marco Rondonotti
11-24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/me-17306
Digital media in 0-6: educational design between services and families
Rosy Nardone
25-33
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/me-17097
Digital competence in early childhood: the dialogue between pedagogy and neuroscience for screen education in the Di.Co.Each project
Cosimo Di Bari, Irene Balboni, Claudio D'Antonio, Ester Giamberini
35-47
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/me-17115
Digital Integration in Early Childhood Education and Care: Innovating Educators’ Competencies
Marina De Rossi, Cinzia Ferranti
49-56
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/me-17161
L’educazione alla sostenibilità ambientale attraverso le piattaforme digitali: casi di studio in America Latina e in Europa
Francesca Cubeddu, Lucia Picarella
57-68
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/me-17069

Best practices

Immagine, narrazione e multimedia: raccontare attraverso i pittogrammi in movimento e la creazione di un audiovisivo
Ilenia Sgobba
69-82
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/me-17116

Book Reviews

Nello Cristianini, La scorciatoia. Come le macchine sono diventate intelligenti senza pensare in modo umano, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2023
Gabriele Biagini
83-85
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/me-17822
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