Growing concerns about ‘fake news’ have led to calls for young people to be taught critical media literacy skills. Yet while media literacy would obviously be useful, it isn’t enough to address the problem. Media educators need to frame the issue more broadly, and join forces with those calling for media reform. Link: https://davidbuckingham.net/2017/01/12/fake-news-is-media-literacy-the-answer/Author: David […]
Algorithms in the news–why digital media literacy matters
From an educational perspective, the diverse ways in which algorithms are presented in the news is interesting because it suggests very different ways in which people might learn about algorithms in their everyday access to news. Many educators have long been committed to forms of digital and media literacy (part of our problem today is […]
Children’s Media Use: A Changing World (Presentation)
Takeaway: – There has been a massive amount of change in online behaviour in the last few years – The big areas of increased use among children are in social media and short-form video – There is a lack of awareness among children about the nature and purpose of advertising. Interesting pull-out information from the […]
Community Journalism: Digital and Social Media
INTRODUCTION: Gain practical skills and insights into hyperlocal journalism, and use digital and social media to create your own news website. ABOUT THE COURSE Community journalism is a growing area of interest for professional journalists, academics and the wider public. The decline of local newspapers and radio stations, coupled with the low cost of publishing […]
Mediatization or mediation? Alternative understandings of the emergent space of digital storytelling
This article reviews the social potential of digital storytelling, and in particular its potential to contribute to the strengthening of democracy. Through answering this question, it seeks to test out the relative strengths and weaknesses of two competing concepts for grasping the wider consequences of media for the social world: the concept of mediatization and […]
Ofcom Digital Day 2016
This document provides an in-depth study of the findings from the Digital Day 2016 children’s consumer research. It focuses on the data from the children’s quantitative three-day diary study, and includes some comparisons to the adults’ study and Digital Day 2014. Key findings from the main adults’ study were published in August as part of […]
Ofcom
Ofcom is the communications regulator in the UK. We regulate the TV, radio and video-on-demand sectors, fixed-line telecoms, mobiles and postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate. We make sure that people in the UK get the best from their communications services and are protected from scams and sharp practices, while ensuring […]
Children’s media literacy research 2016
Media literacy enables people to have the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to make full use of the opportunities presented both by traditional and by new communications services. Media literacy also helps people to manage content and communications, and protect themselves and their families from the potential risks associated with using these services. Ofcom’s […]
Facebook reportedly testing new tool to combat fake news
Facebook appears to be testing a tool designed to help it identify and hide so called “fake news” on the social network, in an attempt to quell increasingly vocal criticism of its role in spreading untruths and propaganda. The tool, reported by at least three separate Facebook users on Twitter, asks readers to rank on […]
Imagining the Audience: language, creativity and communication in youth media production
This article provides an analytical case study of the production of two films made by young people as part of the VideoCulture project, and of the ways in which they were interpreted. The case study raises key issues to do with the question of audience, which has been a major theme in debates around the […]
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