Paul Mihailidis
Biographic Data
| ID | 764603 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Mihailidis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Mihailidis |
| SIGNATURE | MIHAILIDIS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Emerson College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7019-4785 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Restoring Civic Health in a Culture of Distance
This paper explores the concepts of distance and proximity as they relate to daily civic life. The current digital moment necessitates an understanding of the relationship between our digital technologies and our lived environments. This essay used the frame of distance and proximity to argue that our digital realities have cultivated distance between individuals and the communities they rely on for daily life. From extractive news infrastructure…
Mapping media literacy impact in the U.S
While media literacy has grown to encompass many topics to provide learners with the skills required to be active citizens and savvy media consumers, there is no clear conceptual framework to define ‘impact.’ This review of literature aims to understand how recent U.S.-based media literacy scholarship defines impact. We analyzed 300 articles published from 2010 to 2020 on the impact of media literacy initiatives in the U.S. We propose the 6 E’s a…
Designing equitable media literacy interventions for critical youth agency
In recent years, young people engaged in political discourse and civic action online. U.S.-based social movements centered on equity issues, such as Black Lives Matter, Dreamers, and March for Our Lives, engaged young people in shaping and publicizing the goals of these movements through digital platforms. Increasingly in communities at the margins, young Americans need digital and media literacy skills to supplement contentious education restric…
Developing a framework for equitable media literacy practice
The article presents a framework for equitable media literacy practice (EMLP), which changes structure, action, and agency in service of an imagined and inclusive future and makes space for equitable civic and educational experiences. We derived this framework from 28 in-depth interviews with media literacy practitioners across the US. We asked these practitioners what EMLP would mean to them and what challenges and opportunities for EMLP emerge …
The Cost of Disbelief
In the United States, and around the world, journalism and public information exist across broken media architectures. Citizens are at the mercy of those eager to take advantage of platform infrastructures in which access, quality, and diversity varies so wildly. Increasingly, politicians are taking advantage of these platform architectures to position people against one another. The result is a fracturing of belief, where truths splinter and tru…
The media education manifesto
We live in a ubiquitous media age, so the saying goes. Media permeate every facet of our daily lives. From the minute we wake in the morning to when we rest our heads at night, we are accompanied b
Designing Engagement in Local News
This study explores how an engaged journalism process supported by participatory design practices can impact attitudes and perceptions of audience engagement in local journalism. Using MuckRock’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) submission tool, journalists, journalism students, and community stakeholders engaged in participatory design workshops centered around pressing local issues and creative approaches to filing FOIA requests. This study re…
The civic potential of memes and hashtags in the lives of young people
Young people today are immersed in digital culture: often considered savvy navigators of online ecosystems and adept at using everyday technologies to share, create and express. These technologies are often seen as social and personal tools instead of spaces for meaningful participation. This paper shares the results of an investigation in young people’s attitudes towards popular social communication modalities – memes and hashtags – for civic pu…
Civic media art and practice
Community + Culture features practitioner perspectives on designing technologies for and with communities. We highlight compelling projects and provocative points of view that speak to both community technology practice and the interaction design field as a whole. --- Christopher A. Le Dantec, Editor
Spreadable Spectacle in Digital Culture
This article explores the phenomenon of spectacle in the lead up and immediate aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Through the spread of misinformation, the appropriation of cultural iconography, and the willing engagement of mainstream media to perpetuate partisan and polarizing information, the proliferation of populist rhetoric, polarizing views, and vitriolic opinions spread. Revisiting the world of critical theorist Guy Debord,…
Civic Media
Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation, coordinate disaster relief, campaign for policy change, and strengthen local advocacy groups. The world watched as activists used social media to organize protes…
The civic-social media disconnect
The emergence of social media tools and technologies to facilitate daily information and communication needs has called into question the relationship between these new spaces and traditional formulations of engagement in daily life. Recent scholarship has exposed both the newfound connectivity that social networks provide, and at the same time questioned the value of these spaces for meaningful participation in social and civic life. This study …
A tethered generation
The increasing global ubiquity of mobile phones has called into question their efficacy as dynamic tools for engagement and participation in daily life. While there is little argument in their growth as primary communication tools, scholars have actively debated their role as conduits for dynamic and diverse, information flow. This study explores how an international cohort of university students uses mobile phones for daily communication and inf…
Media Literacy as a Core Competency for Engaged Citizenship in Participatory Democracy
The ubiquitous media landscape today is reshaping what it means to be an engaged citizen. Normative metrics for engagement-voting, attending town meetings, participation in civic groups-are eroding in the context of online advocacy, social protest, "liking," sharing, and remixing. These new avenues for engagement offer vast opportunities for new and innovative approaches to teaching and learning about political engagement in the context of new me…
Connecting Cultures
Research Article| September 01 2009 Connecting Cultures: New Dynamics in Global Media Literacy Paul Mihailidis Paul Mihailidis PAUL MIHAILIDIS is an assistant professor of Media Studies in the Journalism, Media, and Public Relations department at Hofstra University in New York and is Director of the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Afterimage (2009) 37 (2): 37–4…
Spreadable Spectacle in Digital Culture
This article explores the phenomenon of spectacle in the lead up and immediate aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Through the spread of misinformation, the appropriation of cultural iconography, and the willing engagement of mainstream media to perpetuate partisan and polarizing information, the proliferation of populist rhetoric, polarizing views, and vitriolic opinions spread. Revisiting the world of critical theorist Guy Debord,…
Media Literacy as a Core Competency for Engaged Citizenship in Participatory Democracy
The ubiquitous media landscape today is reshaping what it means to be an engaged citizen. Normative metrics for engagement-voting, attending town meetings, participation in civic groups-are eroding in the context of online advocacy, social protest, "liking," sharing, and remixing. These new avenues for engagement offer vast opportunities for new and innovative approaches to teaching and learning about political engagement in the context of new me…
A tethered generation
The increasing global ubiquity of mobile phones has called into question their efficacy as dynamic tools for engagement and participation in daily life. While there is little argument in their growth as primary communication tools, scholars have actively debated their role as conduits for dynamic and diverse, information flow. This study explores how an international cohort of university students uses mobile phones for daily communication and inf…
The Cost of Disbelief
In the United States, and around the world, journalism and public information exist across broken media architectures. Citizens are at the mercy of those eager to take advantage of platform infrastructures in which access, quality, and diversity varies so wildly. Increasingly, politicians are taking advantage of these platform architectures to position people against one another. The result is a fracturing of belief, where truths splinter and tru…
Designing Engagement in Local News
This study explores how an engaged journalism process supported by participatory design practices can impact attitudes and perceptions of audience engagement in local journalism. Using MuckRock’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) submission tool, journalists, journalism students, and community stakeholders engaged in participatory design workshops centered around pressing local issues and creative approaches to filing FOIA requests. This study re…
Designing equitable media literacy interventions for critical youth agency
In recent years, young people engaged in political discourse and civic action online. U.S.-based social movements centered on equity issues, such as Black Lives Matter, Dreamers, and March for Our Lives, engaged young people in shaping and publicizing the goals of these movements through digital platforms. Increasingly in communities at the margins, young Americans need digital and media literacy skills to supplement contentious education restric…
The civic potential of memes and hashtags in the lives of young people
Young people today are immersed in digital culture: often considered savvy navigators of online ecosystems and adept at using everyday technologies to share, create and express. These technologies are often seen as social and personal tools instead of spaces for meaningful participation. This paper shares the results of an investigation in young people’s attitudes towards popular social communication modalities – memes and hashtags – for civic pu…
Connecting Cultures
Research Article| September 01 2009 Connecting Cultures: New Dynamics in Global Media Literacy Paul Mihailidis Paul Mihailidis PAUL MIHAILIDIS is an assistant professor of Media Studies in the Journalism, Media, and Public Relations department at Hofstra University in New York and is Director of the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Afterimage (2009) 37 (2): 37–4…
A tethered generation
The increasing global ubiquity of mobile phones has called into question their efficacy as dynamic tools for engagement and participation in daily life. While there is little argument in their growth as primary communication tools, scholars have actively debated their role as conduits for dynamic and diverse, information flow. This study explores how an international cohort of university students uses mobile phones for daily communication and inf…
Media Literacy as a Core Competency for Engaged Citizenship in Participatory Democracy
The ubiquitous media landscape today is reshaping what it means to be an engaged citizen. Normative metrics for engagement-voting, attending town meetings, participation in civic groups-are eroding in the context of online advocacy, social protest, "liking," sharing, and remixing. These new avenues for engagement offer vast opportunities for new and innovative approaches to teaching and learning about political engagement in the context of new me…
The civic-social media disconnect
The emergence of social media tools and technologies to facilitate daily information and communication needs has called into question the relationship between these new spaces and traditional formulations of engagement in daily life. Recent scholarship has exposed both the newfound connectivity that social networks provide, and at the same time questioned the value of these spaces for meaningful participation in social and civic life. This study …
Civic Media
Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation, coordinate disaster relief, campaign for policy change, and strengthen local advocacy groups. The world watched as activists used social media to organize protes…
Civic media art and practice
Community + Culture features practitioner perspectives on designing technologies for and with communities. We highlight compelling projects and provocative points of view that speak to both community technology practice and the interaction design field as a whole. --- Christopher A. Le Dantec, Editor
Spreadable Spectacle in Digital Culture
This article explores the phenomenon of spectacle in the lead up and immediate aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Through the spread of misinformation, the appropriation of cultural iconography, and the willing engagement of mainstream media to perpetuate partisan and polarizing information, the proliferation of populist rhetoric, polarizing views, and vitriolic opinions spread. Revisiting the world of critical theorist Guy Debord,…
The media education manifesto
We live in a ubiquitous media age, so the saying goes. Media permeate every facet of our daily lives. From the minute we wake in the morning to when we rest our heads at night, we are accompanied b
Designing Engagement in Local News
This study explores how an engaged journalism process supported by participatory design practices can impact attitudes and perceptions of audience engagement in local journalism. Using MuckRock’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) submission tool, journalists, journalism students, and community stakeholders engaged in participatory design workshops centered around pressing local issues and creative approaches to filing FOIA requests. This study re…
The civic potential of memes and hashtags in the lives of young people
Young people today are immersed in digital culture: often considered savvy navigators of online ecosystems and adept at using everyday technologies to share, create and express. These technologies are often seen as social and personal tools instead of spaces for meaningful participation. This paper shares the results of an investigation in young people’s attitudes towards popular social communication modalities – memes and hashtags – for civic pu…
The Cost of Disbelief
In the United States, and around the world, journalism and public information exist across broken media architectures. Citizens are at the mercy of those eager to take advantage of platform infrastructures in which access, quality, and diversity varies so wildly. Increasingly, politicians are taking advantage of these platform architectures to position people against one another. The result is a fracturing of belief, where truths splinter and tru…
Mapping media literacy impact in the U.S
While media literacy has grown to encompass many topics to provide learners with the skills required to be active citizens and savvy media consumers, there is no clear conceptual framework to define ‘impact.’ This review of literature aims to understand how recent U.S.-based media literacy scholarship defines impact. We analyzed 300 articles published from 2010 to 2020 on the impact of media literacy initiatives in the U.S. We propose the 6 E’s a…
Designing equitable media literacy interventions for critical youth agency
In recent years, young people engaged in political discourse and civic action online. U.S.-based social movements centered on equity issues, such as Black Lives Matter, Dreamers, and March for Our Lives, engaged young people in shaping and publicizing the goals of these movements through digital platforms. Increasingly in communities at the margins, young Americans need digital and media literacy skills to supplement contentious education restric…
Developing a framework for equitable media literacy practice
The article presents a framework for equitable media literacy practice (EMLP), which changes structure, action, and agency in service of an imagined and inclusive future and makes space for equitable civic and educational experiences. We derived this framework from 28 in-depth interviews with media literacy practitioners across the US. We asked these practitioners what EMLP would mean to them and what challenges and opportunities for EMLP emerge …
Restoring Civic Health in a Culture of Distance
This paper explores the concepts of distance and proximity as they relate to daily civic life. The current digital moment necessitates an understanding of the relationship between our digital technologies and our lived environments. This essay used the frame of distance and proximity to argue that our digital realities have cultivated distance between individuals and the communities they rely on for daily life. From extractive news infrastructure…
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Public relations (10 works) · Social Media and Politics (9 works) · Literacy, Media, and Education (7 works) · Media studies (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (5 works) · Civic engagement (5 works)