The PRIX JEUNESSE Foundation was established in 1964 by the Free State of Bavaria, the City of Munich and Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR). Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) joined the Foundation in 1971, the Bayerische Landeszentrale fur neue Medien (BLM) in 1992 and SuperRTL in 2005. The PRIX JEUNESSE Governing Board is headed by Dr. Ludwig Spaenle, […]
“Women and Girls Lead” panelists discuss media
The Social Good Summit, a Mashable event wrapping up today in New York, discussed how social media can ignite more conversation to help solve social issues and promote charity and nonprofit organization support. Among the panel discussions was “Women and Girls Lead: Where Storytelling, Gaming and Public Media Converge,” featuring Academy Award-winning actor Geena Davis; […]
Digital Ethnography at Kansas State University
Dubbed “the explainer” by Wired magazine, Michael Wesch is a cultural anthropologist exploring the impact of new media on society and culture. After two years studying the impact of writing on a remote indigenous culture in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea, he has turned his attention to the effects of social media and […]
The Machine is Us/ing Us
Michael Wesch, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University. The video “The Machine is Us/ing Us” is “Web 2.0” in just under 5 minutes. Wesch made this video while writing a paper about web 2.0. The video is part of the Kansas State University Digital Ethnography Research Team’s video showcase, “Explorations […]
The Media Literacy Expert Group
The European Commission was requested to launch an initiative on Media Literacy by the European Parliament (during the hearings of Commissioner Reding before taking up her new mandate, as well as in the Weber Report on the transition to digital TV) and the industry together with a number of Member States. The group was composed […]
Testing and Refining Criteria to Assess Media Literacy Levels in Europe: Final Report, April 2011
European Association for Viewers Interests (EAVI) is an independent, not-for-profit international civil society organisation registered in Brussels as an AISBL – Association International Sans But Lucratif. The mission of EAVI is to serve public interest in the fields of media. Its primary aim is to represent and advance the interests of European media users and […]
European Media Literacy and Education Study (EUMEDUS)
European Association for Viewers Interests (EAVI) is an independent, not-for-profit international civil society organisation registered in Brussels as an AISBL – Association International Sans But Lucratif. The mission of EAVI is to serve public interest in the fields of media. Its primary aim is to represent and advance the interests of European media users and […]
Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev)
KM4Dev is a community of international development practitioners who are interested in knowledge management and knowledge sharing issues and approaches, and who seek to share ideas and experiences in this domain. As a community, KM4Dev has evolved following these supporting principles: 1. Open and interactive in nature 2. Supports and encourages a mix of individuals […]
The International Center for Media and the Public Agenda (ICMPA)
The International Center for Media and the Public Agenda was established by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland in summer of 2006. ICMPA aims to create on campus a central place for media and public policy teaching and research. ICMPA takes as its focus the study of global media and […]
Media Literacy in Higher Education: Breeding Civic Awareness
Scholars, since Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam’s now famous “Bowling Alone: the Collapse and Revival of American Community” revived the debate about the alarmingly quick decline of civic participation in the United States, have increasingly pointed to the media as a key variable in this decline. Common speculation ranges far and wide—from sensationalized reporting to privatized […]
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