Critical Literacies and Gender Studies

Inês Amaral is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies. She was the PI of MyGender project. Currently, she is the Co-PI of MediaTrust.Lab and a member of the Masculinities Observatory.Ana Marta M. Flores has a PhD in journalism and is a researcher at ICNOVA and Nephi-Jor, collaborating with the Trends and Culture Management Lab and Obi.Media. She is visiting assistant professor at NOVA University Lisbon and the University of Coimbra, and is the vice president of communication for the Digital Culture and Communication section of ECREA.Rita Basílio de Simões is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies. She leads the Portuguese participation in the Global Media Monitoring Project and coordinates the SOPCOM (Portuguese Association of Communication) Working Group on Gender and Sexualities.Eduardo Antunes is a research fellow and doctoral student in Communication Sciences at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, where he completed his master's degree in Journalism and Communication. He is a radio broadcaster and author at RUC, where he previously served as the program coordinator.

• Chapter 1. Foundations of critical literacies and gender studies: Media, education, and civic engagement throughout social justice; Inês Amaral, Ana Marta M. Flores, Rita Basílio de Simões, and Eduardo AntunesChapter 2. For an integrated view of media education: Media practices, their specific facets, and the interplay between them in educational environments; Priscila BergerChapter 3. Researching health and fitness apps to readdress the gender gap; Rita Sepúlveda and Cláudia ÁlvaresChapter 4. Responsibility of digital platforms to enhance digital literacy; Tatiana Dourado and Nina SantosChapter 5. Exploring citizenship through media education: The need for critical readings and approaches to the curricula; Ana F. OliveiraChapter 6. Civic and critical literacies: (Timeless) concepts and (new) challenges; Margarida ManetaChapter 7. Navigating through the information disorder by fostering critical literacies; Luísa TorreChapter 8. Digital citizenship and gender (in)equality: An analysis of European research in the social sciences field; Gustavo Freitas and Jéssica Neves Caetano RibeiroChapter 9. Online gender-based violence and the regulation of social platforms; João MirandaChapter 10. Mediated intimacies: Digital literacy to promote well-being and to prevent violent online communication practices such as catfish, phubbing, ghosting, and their variations; Natalia Reis Gomes