This paper reports findings from a content analysis of the main messages about sexuality in media outlets consumed by young people. It examines how sexuality is represented and the level of sexual health information provided in some UK magazines and TV programmes targeted at young people. Our findings show that such outlets included a vast […]
Ill Communication: Technology, Distraction & Student Performance
This paper investigates the impact of schools banning mobile phones on student test scores. By surveying schools in four English cities regarding their mobile phone policies and combining it with administrative data, we find that student performance in high stakes exams significantly increases post ban. We use a difference in differences (DID) strategy, exploiting variations […]
Media literacy and the challenge of new information and communication technologies
The concept of media literacy, like that of literacy itself, has long proved contentious (Luke, 1989). The hugely significant skills of reading and writing have been augmented by the also-significant skill of ‘reading’ audiovisual material from the midtwentieth century onwards. Today, as we witness a further major shift in information and communication technology (ICT), a […]
Build Peace 2016
Build up is a social enterprise that amplifies citizen participation in peacebuilding through technology, arts, and research.
Media and information literacy policies in the UK
This is a position paper on the capacity for media and information education in the UK in 2014 to facilitate media, digital and information literacy as defined by the European Commission (EC) and on the relationship between UK media/information education, regulation and law. Because the UK has a long tradition of media education within the […]
Taking Media Literacy to the U.K.
Media literacy teaches people how to think. Critical thinking is very much needed in our new world of social media. The curriculum makes the connections between reality television and the world of social media. With social media we communicate with real people, however there are often elements of acting, of portraying how we want to […]
Media Smart
Media Smart is a media literacy programme for 7 to 16 year olds that creates free educational materials for schools and youth organisations, for teachers and guardians, to help young people think critically about the advertising they come across in their daily lives. Media Smart’s materials use real and current examples of advertising that we’re […]
Radicalisation, social media and young people: Why we need a more thoughtful approach
The government appears to be increasingly concerned about the role of social media in the ‘radicalisation’ of young people. Stories about young jihadis who travel to Syria to join ISIS, or those who commit acts of terror at home, frequently make great play of the role of the internet in exposing them to ‘extremist ideologies’. […]
REPORT: The Perfect Generation. Is the Internet Undermining Young People’s Mental Health?
The Perfect Generation: Is the Internet Undermining Young People’s Mental Health? A report by Rachel Rosen for Parent Zone Presented at the British Medical Association, Tavistock Square, London 17 March 2016 Family life is arguably more complex now than it has ever been. Parents face having to explain issues to their children that could, in […]
EDUCATION 3.0 AND INTERNET GOVERNANCE: A NEW GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT
Children and young people are increasingly reliant on the Internet for their everyday lives. They communicate, share and collaborate online; use it to learn and play; and recognize its importance for their adult working lives. Considering their increasing access, agency and autonomy in using content and services, their protection as a vulnerable group needs to […]
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