Digital and Media Literacy

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October 30, 2019 2 min read

Ofcom launches Making Sense of Media Network

Ofcom is launching a Making Sense of Media Network in the UK, to bring together organisations and individuals with expertise in media literacy to work towards a shared goal of improving the online skills, knowledge…

October 22, 2019 1 min read

Keynote from Renee Hobbs examines strategies for teaching about Google’s Algorithmic Personalization

Renee Hobbs gave this keynote speech at the New York State Communication Association conference on October 19, where she challenged educators to explore new approaches to media literacy education that respond to the political economy…

October 11, 2019 6 min read

WDR goes to schools with news literacy project “Lie Detectors” in Bonn & Düsseldorf

This autumn, journalists of the German regional broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) are teaming up with the award-winning European news literacy project “Lie Detectors” to launch an initiative about digital disinformation and the workings of professional…

October 7, 2019 2 min read

Evens Foundation links schools and media outlets in Poland

The Evens Foundation and the Center for Citizenship Education (Poland) are launching a new educational project in media literacy addressing local coalitions of schools and media outlets. The goals of this project are to strengthen…

September 25, 2019 4 min read

Take a more holistic approach to MIL is the message from Gothenburg

The topic of the UNESCO Feature MIL Conference conference was “MIL citizens: informed, engaged, empowered”. As usual, the topic covered a wide range of issues related to MIL policies, practices and pedagogies, participants being policymakers,…

September 13, 2019 6 min read

New Lie Detectors study highlights threat of false news to schoolchildren

Video is king, Facebook and Twitter are a thing of the past for most schoolchildren, and many pupils have problems telling the difference between real and junk news, according to a study by news literacy…

September 13, 2019 2 min read

Clarifications on call for Media Literacy project funding from the EC

A number of clarifications have been added to the open call for Media Literacy/Disinformation projects by the EC which closes on 30 September. Officially called the Preparatory Action on Media Literacy for All, this programme…

August 30, 2019 1 min read

Promote your Media Literacy action as part of Global MIL Week 2019

The 8th Global Media and Information Literacy Week takes place from 24 to 31 October and UNESCO and its partners are calling all stakeholders to join the celebration of Media and Information Literacy by organising…

August 28, 2019 7 min read

Sharing best practices on Media and Information Literacy

Disinformation, propaganda and hate-speech have no borders. Then, why should we? The effects of digitalization and the subsequent lack of trust in traditional media are impacting societies everywhere. Over the course of numerous recent elections…

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