MIRA+

Media experience + education Research Group

ABOUT US

The name MIRA+ was created by combining the words MedIa expeRience + educAtion, two areas that are central to our research group.

Our research has two main foci: media experiences in the daily life of children, youth and adults + media education and media literacy. We are interested in general media habits but also specific kinds of dealing with media like fandom or active participation in society. Such media activities are closely connected with informal learning through, with and about media. Hence, we are also interested in questions of media literacy and media education.

Media experience is always connected to various phenomena and media activity in a mediatized world is interconnected and dynamic. Therefore, our view on active media audiences is multi-perspective, interdisciplinary (connecting theories from media and communication studies, media psychology, media sociology, media education etc.), and forward-looking. This gives the + to our approach on media experience.

The following topics and fields of research are addressed by our research group: audience studies (fandom, celebrities); media and socialization (media habitus, media generations, media and migration); participation through/with media (political and social/societal participation, intergroup communication on social media); crisis and the media (climate change, pandemic, war); media literacy (risks and opportunities of media use); media education (parenting and parental mediation, learning with/through media)

We are part of the Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism.

Markéta Supa

marketa.supa@fsv.cuni.cz

Markéta is an Assistant Professor at the Media Studies Department at the Faculty of Social Sciences (CU) and a Fellow of Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (UK). She received a Ph.D. from Bournemouth University (UK, 2015) and her main research interest is in children’s own perspective on their media experience and learning in diverse environments and contexts. Markéta is a NESET Advisory Expert on Education (EU) and the Chairman of the Research Ethics Committee at the Faculty of Social Sciences (CU). Her interdisciplinary work has been published in peer-reviewed international journals ranging from Frontier in Psychology, Journal of Children and Media, International Journal of Cultural Studies, Literacy, Education 3-13, and more. She currently leads a project funded by the Czech Science Foundation and is involved in two Primus projects.

Google Scholar profile

Show less

Christine Trültzsch-Wijnen

christine.trultzsch-wijnen@fsv.cuni.cz

Christine is associate professor in media and communication studies at Charles University and professor in media education at Salzburg University of Education Stefan Zweig. Her focus of research is on audience studies, media socialisation, media education, media literacy and on international comparative research in the mentioned fields. She has been teaching and researching at University of Vienna, Free University of Bolzano, University of Munster, University of Akureyri, University of Salzburg, Arts University Mozarteum and Danube University. Christine participated in many international research projects (e.g. COST actions DigiLitEY, ELN, Transforming Audiences. Transforming Societies, UNESCO/Translit project Mapping Media Policies on Media and Information Literacy in Europe) and is currently conducting a project on mobile app repertoires as well as a project on digital parent networks.

Google Scholar profile

Show less

Annamária Neag

annamaria.neag@fsv.cuni.cz

Annamária is a researcher and lecturer at Charles University in Prague. Her field of expertise lies at the intersection of media literacy, civic activism and migration. Annamária published widely in journals such as the International Journal of Cultural Studies, Media and Communication and the Journal of Media Literacy Education. She is currently leading an international research team focusing on the digital civic activism of young climate activists in the Czech Republic and Hungary.

ResearchGate profile

Show less

EVENTS

Upcoming events

The Datafied Family: Algorithmic Encounters in Care, Intimacies, Routine and Play
This virtual workshop will bring international voices at the cutting-edge of sociology, communications, education, data science, and health and wellbeing. More information HERE.

Children and Youth Perspectives, Theory, Research and Practice in European context
Date: 14th and 15th of September 2023
Place: Hybernská 4, 11000, Prague 1, Czech republic
More information HERE.

Previous events

RR

RESEARCH

Latest Publications

Trültzsch-Wijnen, C.W., Velicu, A. & Liubiniene, V. (2022). Robotics for children: national policies and initiatives in three European countries.

Kuzmičová, A., Supa, M., & Nekola, M. (2022). Children’s perspectives on being absorbed when reading fiction: AQ methodology study.

Trültzsch-Wijnen, C.W. & Trültzsch-Wijnen, S. (2022). Screen Time is Cool But Friends and Family are More Important: Children’s Daily Life During Lockdown in Austria.

Neag, A., Bozdağ, Ç.; Leurs, K. (2022). Media Literacy Education for Diverse Societies.

Trültzsch-Wijnen, C.W. & Trültzsch-Wijnen, S. (2022): Media education in Austrian families during the Covid-19 pandemic. KiDiCoTi National Report: Austria.

Research projects

2022-2025 Using Media in Nursery Schools, Primary Schools and in After-School Care Clubs
This project investigates how media are used in various educational contexts in nursery schools, in primary schools and in after-school care clubs. It is based on a mixed methods research design including a quantitative survey which is combined with in-depth qualitative interviews.

2021-2025 INTER-DI-KO: Innovative and Interdisciplinary Use of Digital Media in Education
This project is funded by the Austrian Association for the Promotion of Applied Research and focusses on the development and evaluation of new pedagogical approaches in integrating digital media in education (from children to adults and all kinds of educational contexts).

MORE ABOUT RESEARCH