Working as: Associate Professor of Media Studies at the Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia
Main research areas: social media; digital literacies; media and information literacies; online audiences; privacy; online risks and opportunities; children and youth; digital culture; creative research methods.
In BECID is involved with: Communication (WP1), advancing media and information literacies of the general public and teacher training (WP4).
Everyday MIL-related survival tip for information disorders: whenever I read something that just does not sound quite right, my mandatory additional search is “relevant keywords + hoax”. Snopes is my best buddy 🙂
Relevant publications
Murumaa-Mengel, Maria (2022). Kuidas suunamudijad meid mõjutavad? [How do influencers actually influence us]. Õpetajate Leht [Estonian Teacher’s Paper].
Murumaa-Mengel, M. (2022). Visual creative research methods and young people’s perceptions of online risks. In: S. Kotilainen (Ed.), Methods in practice: Studying children and youth online (chapter 8). CO:RE Network.
Riives, A., Murumaa-Mengel, M., & Ivask, S. (2021). Estonian Male Journalists’ Experiences with Abusive Online Communication. Sociální studia/Social Studies, 18(2), 31-47.