May 7, 2019 2 min read The Western Balkans’ Sketchy Media Literacy Landscapes Major research by members of the South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) has found that countries of the Western Balkan region lack comprehensive policies and institutional framework for developing MIL in a… Digital and Media Literacy
May 7, 2019 1 min read Calling all Media Literacy organisations active in South East Europe and Turkey The South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) has launched an appeal to all Media Literacy organisations active in South East Europe and Turkey to register their organisation before 31 May. SEENPM promotes… Digital and Media Literacy
May 4, 2019 1 min read Global MIL Week 2019 24-31 October The yearly Global Media and Information Literarcy (MIL) Week, initiated in 2012, is led by UNESCO in cooperation with GAPMIL, UNAOC and the MIL and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) University Network. It unites diverse actors committed… Digital and Media Literacy
May 2, 2019 7 min read HTML Heroes – An Introduction to the Internet Webwise’s newest education programme; HTML Heroes: A introduction to the internet received a European Media Literacy Award three weeks ago at the European Media Literacy Conference in Brussels. Webwise were awarded for most educative media… Digital and Media Literacy
April 23, 2019 1 min read Next Fest of Fests 10-12 June in Athens After last year’s launching forum, the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation is now preparing to host the 2nd International “Fest of Fests” Forum on 10-12th June in Athens. This year’s Forum is organised as a European focus… Digital and Media Literacy
April 4, 2019 3 min read What’s the role of civil society in building citizens’media literacy? Many of the NGO’s who participate in the European Commission’s Europe for Citizens Programme took part on 2/3 April in the Europe for Citizens conference in Brussels. Entitled ‘History Defines our Future’, this event included… Digital and Media Literacy
April 4, 2019 4 min read Short Report by UNESCO GAPMIL European Sub-chapter Mediterranean Group Action on MIL The National Centre of Audiovisual Media & Communication – EKOME SA and the Greek Ministry of Education, Research & Religious Affairs, Department of Educational Radiotelevision & Digital Media co-organized the one-day conference under the title… Digital and Media Literacy
March 29, 2019 8 min read Media Mistakes? Award-winning project puts the spotlight on media ethics (and mistakes) In the age of fake news and information overload, the role of journalism has been blurred. The audience is bombarded with messages from vloggers from Youtube, bloggers from the internet and of course traditional media… Digital and Media Literacy
March 25, 2019 4 min read Does European Media Literacy Community want a library/learning centre? At last week’s joint meeting of the European Commission’s Media Literacy Expert Group and the AVMSD Contact Committee there were two main points up for discussion. The first was on the development of common principles… Digital and Media Literacy