Digital media literacy in collaborative and distance work: building bridges to key organizational dimensions and challenges

• Main Authors: Jacques, Jerry, Zienkowski, Jan, Philippette, Thibault, Ramioul, Monique, Patriarche, Geoffroy, Collard, Anne-Sophie
• Other Authors: UNamur - DRO_Centre de recherche Informatique et Droit (CRID), USL-B - Pôle de Recherches sur la Communication et les Médias (PReCoM), UCL - SSH/ILC/PCOM - Pôle de recherche en communication, KULeuven - HIVA
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Presses universitaires de Namur 2019
• Subjects: digital media literacy; teamwork; distance work; NWOW; new ways of working; DML
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078/219928

In this chapter we address key organizational dimensions and challenges for digital media literacy (DML) in collaborative and distance work. Starting from the insights developed in the LITME@WORK project from a variety of research approaches on DML in collaborative and distance work, we build bridges between the different chapters that cover the following themes: (1) digital media competences in collaborative and distance work; (2) the concept of “newness†in discussions of DML and new ways of working (NWOW); (3) DML as a social construct; (4) implications of collaborative and distance work for well-being; (5) the issue of digital (social) inclusion; (6) the role of technology; and (7) management in team- and distance work. These issues were selected on the basis of their salience in contemporary debates on office work and their relevance for the different theoretical and empirical approaches applied in the project.