IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/plo/pone00/0281749.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The role of the arts in enhancing data literacy: A scoping review protocol

Author

Listed:
  • Ailish Hannigan
  • Fran Garry
  • Conor Byrne
  • Helen Phelan

Abstract

Data literacy has been defined as “the ability to read, work with, analyze and argue with data”. The United Nations has highlighted a growing risk of inequality for people excluded from the new world of data by lack of education, language, poverty, and discrimination and has called for the development of data literacy at all levels of society. Responses to data are shaped by personal, social and cultural influences, as well as by trust in the source. The arts can play an important role in regulating our responses to information and increasing accessibility, engagement and sense-making of data. However, to our knowledge, to date, there has been no comprehensive review of publications on the role of the arts in the context of data literacy. This paper presents a protocol and a methodological framework to perform a scoping review to identify and map the available evidence for the role of the arts in enhancing data literacy. The review aims to provide an overview of research over the past twenty years to develop a clearer understanding of (a) which art forms are represented in the literature (b) which population groups and settings are identified (c) and the rationale for using the arts to enhance data literacy.

Suggested Citation

  • Ailish Hannigan & Fran Garry & Conor Byrne & Helen Phelan, 2023. "The role of the arts in enhancing data literacy: A scoping review protocol," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(2), pages 1-9, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0281749
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281749
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281749
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281749&type=printable
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1371/journal.pone.0281749?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Carmi, Elinor & Yates, Simeon J. & Lockley, Eleanor & Pawluczuk, Alicja, 2020. "Data citizenship: Rethinking data literacy in the age of disinformation, misinformation, and malinformation," Internet Policy Review: Journal on Internet Regulation, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin, vol. 9(2), pages 1-22.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Sara Rubinelli & Alexander Ort & Claudia Zanini & Maddalena Fiordelli & Nicola Diviani, 2021. "Strengthening Critical Health Literacy for Health Information Appraisal: An Approach from Argumentation Theory," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-10, June.
    2. Azwar Azwar & Sarwititi Sarwoprasodjo & Endriatmo Soetarto & Djuara Lubis, 2023. "The disinformation in virtual communities: a systematic literature review," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 44(1), pages 656-672, June.
    3. Carolin Stein & Timm Teubner & Stefan Morana, 2024. "Designing a conversational agent for supporting data exploration in citizen science," Electronic Markets, Springer;IIM University of St. Gallen, vol. 34(1), pages 1-18, December.
    4. Jamalzadeh, Saeed & Mettenbrink, Lily & Barker, Kash & González, Andrés D. & Radhakrishnan, Sridhar & Johansson, Jonas & Bessarabova, Elena, 2024. "Weaponized disinformation spread and its impact on multi-commodity critical infrastructure networks," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 243(C).
    5. Ayaz, Ozlem & Tabaghdehi, Seyedeh Asieh Hosseini & Rosli, Ainurul & Tambay, Prerna, 2025. "Ethical implications of employee and customer digital footprint: SMEs perspective," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    6. repec:bcp:journl:v:8:y:2024:i:3s:p:2118-2138 is not listed on IDEAS
    7. Cecilia Andersson & Olof Sundin, 2024. "The elusive search engine: How search engine use is reflected in survey reports," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 75(5), pages 613-624, May.
    8. Joanna Sleigh & Effy Vayena, 2021. "Public engagement with health data governance: the role of visuality," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 8(1), pages 1-12, December.
    9. Khameneh, Ramin Talebi & Barker, Kash & Ramirez-Marquez, Jose Emmanuel, 2025. "A hybrid machine learning and simulation framework for modeling and understanding disinformation-induced disruptions in public transit systems," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 255(C).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0281749. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: plosone (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.