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).

2021-2022 Digital Parent Networks
This project was funded by the University of Surrey. A qualitative pilot study on how parents make use of digital media for networking, and in searching for support and information has been conducted in the UK, in Portugal, in Denmark and in Austria. Results will be published soon.

2020-2021 Kids’ Digital Engagement in Covid-19 Times (KiDiCoTi)
This European project has been funded by the JRC. More information as well as published results can be found here.

2019-2022 Smartphone Repertoires of Adolescents and Young Adults
In this project we conducted a pilot study on how people from 12 to 25 years old used their smartphones. Our main interest was what they were exactly doing when they were using the smartphones (e.g. which apps, what expected gratifications etc.). Based on a qualitative mixed methods design we conducted interviews and used a card sorting method for sorting apps with regards to their relevance. Based on this pilot study a grant application for a broader study in Austria and Switzerland has been submitted.

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.

Kuzmičová, A., Supa, M., Segi Lukavská, J., & Novák, F. (2022). Exploring children’s embodied story experiences: a toolkit for research and practice.

Römer, L., Supa, M., & Hodboď, V. (2022). Media literacy education nurturing civic participation of disadvantaged youth, or not?

Ramsey, P., Supa, M., Hodbod, V., & Rosenfeldová, J. (2022). Supporting children to cooperate, connect, and civically engage in a diverse society.

Neag, A. & Sefton-Green, J. (2021). Embodied Technology Use: Unaccompanied Refugee Youth and the Migrant Platformed Body.

Trültzsch-Wijnen, C. W. (2020). Media Literacy and the Effect of Socialization.

Neag, A., & Supa, M. (2020). Emotional practices of unaccompanied refugee youth on social media.

Rozpravy o médiích

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Inclusive media literacy education

The aim of this PhD position is to explore the field of media literacy education/media education from the perspective of vulnerable groups, such as: migrant and refugee youth, minorities, the elderly, or people with disabilities. The project should focus on critical inquiry by drawing on theories of intersectionality and feminism, and focus on how identities and lived media experiences are shaped through the mediation of intersecting axes of difference including nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, ability, migration status and socioeconomic class. Connected topics, such as the digital civic engagement/activism of youth, digital learning and curriculum development will also be considered. The PhD project should be interdisciplinary in nature and build upon a participatory and/or creative/digital methodology. Proposals should be submitted in English.

 Proposed supervisor: Annamária Neag, annamaria.neag@fsv.cuni.cz

Constructing history on social media

The aim of this PhD position is to explore how history is constructed by communication on social media. Examples therefore could be narratives about historical facts or events (also anniversaries ofhistorical events), how they are constructed by different social groups and for which purpose different pictures of history are constructed. The research should focus on critical inquiry of online communication from an interdisciplinary perspective. Connected topics, such as how historical places that might have turned to museums or places of remembrance use social media to promote their messages, will also be considered.

Proposed supervisor: Christine Trültzsch-Wijnen, christine.trultzsch-wijnen@fsv.cuni.cz 

Parenting in a digital environment

The aim of this PhD position consists of research on how parents use digital media for their parenting activities. This could include research on formal or informal digital parent networks, on parent influencers, or on how different kinds of parenting advice found online is used by mothers and fathers. The project should be routed in the field of audience research but also be open for other theoretical and methodological perspectives on the phenomenon of parenting and the integration of digital media in daily life contexts.

Proposed supervisor: Christine Trültzsch-Wijnen, christine.trultzsch-wijnen@fsv.cuni.cz