Van Audenhove, Leovan den Broeck, WendyMariën, Ilse2021-11-162021-11-162020Van Audenhove, L. et al. (2020). Data literacy and education: Introduction and the challenges for our field. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 12(3), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.23860/JMLE-2020- 12-3-12167-8715https://doi.org/10.23860/JMLE-2020- 12-3-1http://hdl.handle.net/10566/7019Data literacy is a hot topic, which is currently discussed in many different fields from open data initiatives, statistics, computer societies, coding initiatives, and beyond. The resulting literature is inspiring but not always satisfying from the perspective of the media literacy scholarly field. The goals behind data literacy are often instrumental and utilitarian in the function of job-related skills or open data initiatives. We hope that this special issue will contribute to a broader discussion about data literacy. In this introductory essay we provide an overarching introduction, highlighting some of the main themes, questions, issues, and insights addressed in the different articles. We weave in our own insights, reflections, and conclusions as well.enData literacyAlgorithmsEducationMedia literacyOpen dataArticle