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Tibor Koltay. The Media and the Literacies: Media Literacy, Information Literacy, Digital Literacy. Media, Culture & Society, March 2011; vol. 33, 2: pp. 211–221.

With the advent of digital technologies, awareness of media is acquiring crucial importance. Media literacy, information literacy, and digital literacy are the three most prevailing concepts that focus on a critical approach towards media messages. This article gives an overview of the nature of these literacies, which show both similarities to and differences from each other.

Paul Mihailidis and Benjamin Thevenin. Media Literacy as a Core Competency for Engaged Citizenship in Participatory Democracy. American Behavioral Scientist, November 2013; vol. 57, 11: pp. 1611–1622; first published on May 31, 2013.

This article explores media literacy as a core competency for engaged citizenship in participatory democracy. It combines new models of engaged and citizenship and participatory politics with frameworks for digital and media literacy education, to develop a framework for media literacy as a core political competency for active, engaged, and participatory citizenship.