Social media literacy: Time for an update!

The goal of the EMSOC project, funded by IWT, was to explore if and how social media can support (or hinder) processes of user empowerment. The research was structured according to three main areas of interest: (social) media literacy, privacy and inclusion. An interdisciplinary team from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Universiteit Gent and KU Leuven collaborated since the end of 2010. In particular, the EMSOC team explored the following areas: (1) opportunities and risks related to the use of social media; (2) the use of social media in work-related contexts; (3) the impact of social media on (informal) learning, creativity and cultural literacy and (4) privacy, surveillance and transparency. In the following sections we discuss these themes in more detail and we elaborate policy recommendations for key stakeholder groups accordingly.

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