Digital and Media Literacy

by Lauri Palsa & Ella Airola, National Audiovisual Institute, KAVI, Finland. From abstract concepts to meaningful media literacy Within the times of rapid development of digital technologies and the convergent nature of all that is…

by Vicky O’Rourke, Atlantic Technological University, Ireland. In my role as a Lecturer in Marketing, I had a keen interest in how children learn to become consumers, and the role educators can play in this…

“Deep Dive for Policymakers into Media and Information Literacy”, a newly launched Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), is designed for policymakers, government officials, technocrats, managers, heads/executives of private or public institutions, who wish to gain a comprehensive understanding of Media and…

Educators and news organisations will be honored by a special Press Freedom Teaching Award in the 2023 edition of the Global Youth & News Media Prize.  The award will recognise excellence in making sure that students develop a…

MEC (former NBE) is an informal and friendly conference, which participants attend to exchange ideas and information dealing with media education, educational use of ICTs and learning environments. MEC is organised by the Media Education…

by Tactical Tech, International NGO. Picture this: you’re walking down a busy shopping street in a major city and spot a newplace you hadn’t noticed before. Through the windows, you can see bright white tables,neon…

An OBS 2024 Special Edition* is planned on the topic Uses of Media Literacy to tackle disinformation: the multiple roles of different stakeholders and the call for abstracts in English, Portuguese or Spanish is now…

As part of the media literacy project SMILES, which enables young people to be more resilient against fake news, the De Haagse Hogeschool, Beeld & Geluid and the KB, national library are organising a congress…

The monthly fact-checking briefs from EDMO provide a useful round up of the latest stories that have been fact-checked by members of the 26 organisations that are part of the EDMO fact-checking network. The lastest…