A LEARNING MODULE FOR JOURNALISTS AND JOURNALISM EDUCATORS Information fabrication is not new. As Guardian columnist Natalie Nougayrède has observed: “The use of propaganda is ancient, but never before has there been the technology to so effectively disseminate it”. So, it is important to understand the historical context when examining and reporting on contemporary manifestations […]
Cyberbullying and problematic Internet use in Colombia, Uruguay and Spain: Cross-cultural study
This article is also available in ESPAÑOL (vea el enlace) The goal of this cross-cultural study was to analyze and compare the cybervictimization and cyberaggression scores, and the problematic Internet use between Spain, Colombia and Uruguay. Despite cultural similarities between the Spanish and the South American contexts, there are few empirical studies that have comparatively […]
Media and Information Literate Cities: Voices, Powers, and Change Makers
Media and Information Literate Cities: Voices, Powers, and Change Makers —- 24-31 October 2018 The annual Global MIL Week activities and the feature conference are important opportunities for stakeholders globally to review and celebrate the progress achieved towards the process of “MIL for all”. Global MIL Week also enables connections and sharing of creative projects, […]
Digital Education Action Plan (European Commission)
Education and training are the best investments in Europe’s future. They play a vital role in boosting growth, innovation and job creation. Europe’s education and training systems need to give people the forward-looking knowledge, skills and competences they need to innovate and prosper. They also have an important role to play in creating a European […]
Google News Initiative
Google News Initiative (GNI), Google effort to help journalism thrive in the digital age. The GNI signifies a major milestone in Google’s 15-year commitment to the news industry, and will bring together everything we do in collaboration with the industry—across products, partnerships, and programs—to help build a stronger future for news. The GNI will build […]
Anxiety in Our Times (on Internet anxiety)
Many studies and experts are pointing that the main reason of the increase of anxiety in our society (particularly in youth, but not only) are the uses we are making of contemporary media, in particular of social media. We are addicted to social media. (…) Many researchers coincide in pointing out that this addition to […]
ICT in Education Prize
The 2018 call for nominations is now open. Deadline for submission 31 October 2018 The UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa ICT in Education Prize recognizes innovative approaches in leveraging new technologies to expand educational opportunities by enabling access to quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all, in line with the Education 2030 agenda […]
El videojuego reivindica su poder didáctico, compromiso social y potencial en la investigación
“Tenemos un mundo de posibilidades para crear cosas que tengan impacto en el ámbito social y cultural y esto hace que los creadores tengan un sentido de la responsabilidad”, afirma el director de Gamelab, Iván Fernandez-Lobo, que subraya el valor didáctico del videojuego. ”Avanzábamospor la catedral de Barcelona con Hennig y Mark Cerny [arquitecto jefe […]
INDICATORS FOR INTERNET UNIVERSALITY (UNESCO)
UNESCO launched its concept of Internet Universality in 2014. The concept, which was endorsed by UNESCO’s General Conference, roots the future of the Internet in four core themes, which are concerned with Rights, Openness, Accessibility to All and Multistakeholder Participation. Together these are known as the ROAM Principles. UNESCO has developed a framework of Internet […]
Strengthening media literacy and critical thinking to prevent violent radicalisation
INTRODUCTION The ET 2020 Working Group on ‘Promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education’ held its first Peer Learning Activity (PLA) on 20-22 April 2016 in The Hague (Netherlands). The focus of this PLA was on ‘Strengthening media literacy and critical thinking among young people as a tool to […]
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