Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy
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This infographic shows the basic ideas of the paradoxes of media and information literacy coined by Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin. It's important to have the paradoxes in mind to properly teach and practice media and indormation literacy. The five paradoxes are: The paradox of responsability, the paradox od normativity, the temporal paradox, the paradox of trust, and the paradox of neutrality. Citiranje: Bošković, Luka, Mulabećirović, Lejla i Osmanhodžić, Hajrija. 2025. Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17333813
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GEDIS - Gender Diversity in Information Science: Challenges in Higher Education. https://ub.edu/gedis Citation: Bošković, Luka, Lejla Mulabećirović i Hajrija Osmanhodžić. 2025. Paradoksi medijske i informacijski pismenosti. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17333813. Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy. Translated by Bošković, Luka, Lejla Mulabećirović and Hajrija Osmanhodžić. 2025. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17333869 GEDIS project context Co-funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education (SEPIE). Neither the EU nor the granting authority can be held responsible. This resource is part of the European project GEDIS (Gender Diversity in Information Science), which promotes open educational tools to tackle gender inequalities in higher education, with an emphasis on disciplines related to Information and Library Science. This educational material was developed within the framework of the Summer School Barcelona, as part of the GEDIS project. Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy REFERENCES Haider, Jutta, and Olof Sundin. Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy: The Crisis of Information. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. Target groups: 📚 Librarians, Teachers, Students Paradox of normativity: Literacy isn’t universal, it lives in a context. How to bridge democracy, participation culture and literacy? Paradox of responsibility: Transfer of responsibility from institutions to individuals. Can an individual withstand ALL responsibilities of today? Temporal paradox: How to teach and anticipate future technologies? The historical context of means and habits of informing oneself. Paradox of trust: Does everyone want to be rational and informed? How to develop trust while teaching doubt? Paradox of neutrality: Inherent political value of information and knowledge. Media and information literacy isn’t neutral in repressive societies!