In the wake of the Brexit referendum campaign, the victory of Donald Trump, and the attacks on the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, many have argued that we are entering a ‘post-truth’ era. In this context, is bias still a useful and meaningful concept in media literacy education? And if so, how should we teach […]
Children’s Media Foundation
The Children’s Media Foundation is dedicated to ensuring UK children have access to the best possible media, on all platforms, at all ages. The CMF is governed by a Board of concerned individuals. Its activities in various fields are undertaken by the CMF Executive who are all volunteers. The CMF is a not-for-profit organisation funded […]
Teaching social media: a critical media education approach
How should educators respond to the opportunities and challenges posed by social media? Why we need to look beyond educational technology, and develop a critical media education approach. The educational technology industry is showing a growing interest in social media. Commercial services such as Facebook and Twitter are widely used in educational settings, alongside customized […]
The problem with teaching internet safety
Earlier this week, Facebook announced that it would be making a million pound grant to a programme designed to tackle cyberbullying in UK schools. The strategy will involve a peer-to-peer approach, in which schools will appoint an individual student who will be trained as their ‘digital safety ambassador’. A million pounds sounds like a lot […]
The strangulation of Media Studies
July 16, 2017. With only a couple of specifications awaiting final approval, the government’s reform of the examination system in England and Wales has now almost concluded. So where do the reforms leave Media Studies? This time two years ago, it seemed possible that Media Studies would be deleted from the curriculum entirely. This is […]
The Annual Bullying Survey 2017
The Annual Bullying Survey 2017, the fifth and largest edition of Ditch the Label yearly benchmark of bullying in the United Kingdom. Ditch the Label surveyed over 10,000 young people aged 12-20 in partnership with schools and colleges from across the country. Ditch the Label free report has thousands of the latest bullying statistics and […]
Adults’ Media Lives 2016: A qualitative study (OfCom)
The Adults’ Media Lives study was originally set up in early 2005 to provide a small-scale, rich and detailed qualitative complement to Ofcom’s quantitative surveys of media literacy. Whereas the surveys seek to quantify in a statistically robust way how many, and what kind of, people have different levels of media access, awareness, skills and […]
Waking up from the digital dream: media education and media reform
Article by David Buckingham In the early days of the internet, technological developments were often led by pioneers with libertarian political ideals. In retrospect, many of those ideals seem highly individualistic – and indeed they align rather well with consumer capitalism. Yet many digital evangelists saw networked technology as the means to bring about a […]
About #fakenews
It is currently the major talking point in media and politics, but the debate over fake news is confused by misunderstanding about the phenomenon, its origins and why it poses a threat, not just to journalism but to the framework of democratic pluralism. To begin with it helps to know what we are talking about, […]
Should we ban advertising to children?
A proposal currently under consideration by the European Parliament would result in a complete ban on advertising and ‘commercial communications’ targeting children. But what is the logic for such a ban – and what unintended consequences might it have, especially for children’s television? Link: https://davidbuckingham.net/2017/03/01/should-we-ban-advertising-to-children/Author: David BuckinghamSource: David Buckingham blog
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