The status of journalism in a country reflects the values of its society, and particularly its political environment. It is impossible to be assessed away from its local sociopolitical and economic context. Although, on average, most Western societies spend 2% to 3% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on research and development, Arab states dedicate […]
Internet & governance in Egypt: A story of savage grace
The classical tragedy that surrounds media in Egypt is related to the lack of proper boundaries between journalism practice, and education through the prism of civil society. Indeed, there is a dysfunctional relationship between the public and the state, which created a situation of dissonance and continuous fighting against each other on one hand, and […]
NORDICOM newsletter No. 1, 2010: up-date on policy developments at the European level.
The No. 1, 2010 issue of European Media Policy provides a summary and analysis of some of the main topics discussed recently: – After heavy pressure from the European Parliament and months of increased public outcry against the secrecy of the negotiations on a multilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) – which also aims to combat […]
Kids News Network (KNN)
News programs for children is since 2004 a theme program of Free Voice. Kids News Network (KNN) initiates and coordinates a worldwide network of kids news with a range of about 20 million viewers. Kids News Network (KNN) is a program founded by Free Voice. KNN stands for quality programs directed at children, with objective […]
NAPA-No apto para adultos
NAPA stands for No Apto para Adultos, Not Suitable for Adults, and is the kids and adolescents news programme in Peru. We are a part of the Kids News Network, promoted by Dutch NGO FreeVoice. In this tab we have gathered some NAPA programmes translated and subtitled to English. We want to ease the access […]
Pan-Arab TV: Big on Audience, Lop-Sided on Advertising
Arab TV viewers enjoy more free satellite channels than their counterparts in developed countries or emerging markets, and although 95% of TV households access free programs, only 70% of television revenues come from advertising. That, according to the “Arab Media Outlook 2009-2013” survey, published by the Dubai Press Club.
Teaching Media Literacy through the Topic of Terrorism
According to Richard Rothstein in an article published in The New York Times on September 19, 2001 (p. 24), very few teachers in the United States were doing an adequate job of teaching critical thinking skills necessary to analyze this complicated topic during the week after September 11th. Much of the reason for this had […]
INTERCULTURAL AND MEDIA EDUCATION IN TEACHING PRACTICE: AN EXEMPLE OF GOOD PRACTICE
To educate students inter culturally supposes making them interact with other cultures and to experience insecurity, fear, rejection as well as security, trust, sympathy and empathy. It is not sufficient to read books and to listen to courses about cultures. It is also necessary to learn from and with people from other cultures.In the same […]
Media Literacy in the Risk Society: Toward a Risk Reduction Strategy
The idea of media literacy prompts an increasingly divisive debate between educators who wish to protect children from the commercialization of global markets and those who challenge critical media studies as misguided, outdated, and ineffective. We have provided a historical overview of changing conceptions of media literacy as preparation and protection in market society, arguing […]
Explore the new media literacies with the learning Library
The Learning Library is a Web 2.0 tool that NML uses as a platform to explore the new media literacies. It contains multimedia learning activities called challenges . Challenges can include media elements such as short videos, audio files, links to websites where members can play games or create media, questions about members’ experiences, and […]
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