New Media Technologies Should Not Isolate Us. Just Extend Our Range of Social Skills Interview with Ġorġ Mallia

The interview focuses on Ġorġ Mallia´s views on the major challenges in the educational system and touches on the topics of media literacy, new media and power and utilization of social media. It deals with the ongoing discussion about the traditional linear model of education and introduces the theory of a hypertextual system. The given topics also refer to the transformation and shifts brought to society with the introduction of social networks, digital games and also other different new media. It points out social media can be a massive support to actual learning which has an impact, especially for the younger generation.