Challenges to citizenship competencies

Abstract

Digital misinformation and disinformation bring new challenges to citizenship and educating citizenship (see Bennett & Livingston, 2018; for theoretical clarification: Egelhofer and Lecheler, 2019). Youth and adults use more and more online political information with fewer gatekeepers than traditional media (print or TV). In educating future citizens and socialization agents, digital media competence plays a crucial role in democracies. Thus, online media literacy — theoretically and practically — is a “key to democratic competence” (Manzel, 2017; Schröder, 2021). This panel addresses changes in citizenship competencies in a digital era. Therefore, papers are invited that address: ▪️ Theoretical discussions of digital competencies ▪️ Methodological papers on how to measure these new digital competencies ▪️ Empirical papers that investigate these skills and/or relate them to classical competencies.

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