A society that has been infiltrated by digitalisation and mediatisation in all areas of life requires media education to be consolidated along the education path. To this end, it is essential that media education, which includes learning with and about media, is anchored in the curriculum of all subjects and in all pedagogy degree courses, and that teachers at universities and schools and experts at extracurricular educational institutions are appropriately qualified.
In addition to learning the basics about improving media literacy, students acquire knowledge in the following subject areas:
- Media socialisation, children and youth media culture
- Pedagogical design for implementing media-supported educational processes at school
- Use of digital media in schools and lessons
- Technical developments and their complex effects (individual and societal opportunities and risks)
- Media ethics, child and youth media protection
- Technical, ethical and legal aspects of data protection in the light of informational self-determination
- Overview of the diverse media pedagogy and cultural education landscape
