What is MIL Magazine?
MIL Magazine is an international digital publication dedicated to the academic dissemination, analysis and open debate of Media and Information Literacy. We were founded on a conviction: knowledge that does not reach society at the right moment transforms nothing. We exist to bridge rigorous research and the urgency of real-world problems — and to do so in time for that knowledge to matter.
We are, simultaneously, a journal and a pedagogical instrument. Every text we publish must inform with rigour and educate with clarity. We do not limit ourselves to describing the contemporary media ecosystem: we aim to provide tools for understanding it, questioning it and changing it. We write for educators, researchers, policymakers and citizens who take seriously the relationship between media, democracy and human rights.
MIL Magazine is closely linked to the international network of associations, chairs and platforms connected to UNESCO’s work in the MIL field — in particular, the UNESCO Unitwin MILID International Cooperation Program and the MIL Alliance. It was developed through the collective work of professors, researchers and doctoral candidates at the Communication and Education Unit of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the Arab Academy and other universities integrated in the MIL Institute. Our voice is committed, expert and accessible — not the voice of an activist addressing a crowd, nor that of an academic speaking exclusively to peers, but that of an informed educator engaging an intelligent citizenry. We take clear positions in favour of freedom of information, critical thinking, digital rights and a culture of peace — and we do so through evidence, method and intellectual honesty.
Write with us
MIL Magazine is an open newsroom. We actively invite researchers, educators, doctoral candidates, communication professionals, policymakers and institutions from all regions of the world to contribute. The geographical, disciplinary and cultural diversity of our contributors is not an added value: it is a condition of our credibility.
We accept original texts as well as work previously published elsewhere, provided the author declares the original source and holds the rights to its reproduction. Contributions are welcome in English and Spanish, and we are open to other languages where content and context justify it.
All submissions must comply with two documents that define who we are editorially and ethically: our Style Guide, which sets out the standards of voice, structure, language and genre that govern every text we publish; and our Ethical Commitment for Authors, which establishes the principles of rigour, transparency, honest authorship, respect for privacy, human rights and open licensing — CC BY-NC-SA — that every contributor agrees to uphold. Both documents are available for download below.
We are governed by the principles of the International Federation of Journalists, the Ethical Journalism Network, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the ALLEA European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity. All knowledge we disseminate is published in open access. We hold that science which does not circulate does not serve, and that information which cannot be verified does not deserve to be called knowledge.
If you have something to say about media literacy, disinformation, digital rights, critical education, intercultural dialogue or the future of democratic communication — and you are willing to say it with rigour, clarity and commitment — MIL Magazine is your space.
📄 [Download the MIL Magazine Style Guide — EN] 📄 [Descarga el Libro de Estilo de MIL Magazine — ES]
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