Sanjana Hattotuwa, Senior Researcher for the Centre for Policy Alternatives has created an informative slideshow titled “New Media and New Challenges.” Topics covered in this interactive presentation include the need for journalist protection, mainstream media ethics and media censory. Issues include the Sri Lankan peace process and enabling greater public participation, accountability and transparency in […]
Climate Savers Smart Computing Initiative
Started by Google and Intel in 2007, the Climate Savers Computing Initiative is a nonprofit group of eco-conscious consumers, businesses and conservation organizations. The Initiative was started in the spirit of WWF’s Climate Savers program which has mobilized over a dozen companies since 1999 to cut carbon dioxide emissions, demonstrating that reducing emissions is good […]
ICT for Peace Foundation
ICT4Peace aims to enhance the performance of the international community in crisis management through the application of information Communications Technology (ICT) – technologies that can facilitate effective and sustained communication between peoples, communities and stakeholders involved in crisis management, humanitarian aid and peacebuilding. Crisis management is defined, for the purposes of this process, as civilian […]
Exploring the use of information and communications technology for conflict transformation
Blog titled: “Revisiting the Colombo Declaration on Media Freedom: The importance of new media, the web and Internet” is an informative resource on media literacy policy. The author has been interested in the intersections of the theories and practice of Information Communications Technology (ICT) and peacebuilding. ICT4Peace, a field of practice and theory, is found […]
UK University Study: Films to Improve Child Literacy
Study shows viewing films can improve child literacy Films, television and computer games, are now “fundamental” to what it means to be literate in the 21st Century, according to the authors of a report out today. The joint publication, by the University of Sheffield and the United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA), claims that government policy […]
Free Press National Media Organziation
Free Press is a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media. Through education, organizing and advocacy, we promote diverse and independent media ownership, strong public media, and universal access to communications. Free Press believes that media reform is crucial not just for creating better news and entertainment, but to advancing every issue you care […]
National Media Education Conference 2007: iPoDs, Blogs and Beyond
The National Media Education Conference 2007 on “iPods, blogs and Beyond: Evolving Media Literacy for the 21st Century” is a webpage of rich resources, detailing the highlights of the informative event. Videologs, RSS feeds, Flash, podcasts and innovations in media technology, important global trends and staying current with evolving media was some of the core […]
Salzburg Academy: Building a Lesson Plan for Global Media Literacy
The Salzburg Academy Blog on Global Media Literacy is a resource to promote global awareness and understanding. Encouraging cross-cultural thinking about the roles media play in global affairs and public policy and to help students and faculty evaluate distinctive international media and policy models and consider their advantages and limitations. Proposing and initiating standards regarding […]
The Media Sustainability Index (MSI), the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
The Egyptian media landscape is less affected by economic preasure in comaprison to the political field precisely because the commercial imperative is less pronounced in a media system in contrast to the power of money through advertising revenue; there are few ratings or audience statistics, and those that are collected are often proprietary and not […]
Programme national de sensibilisation aux enjeux et risques de l’Internet
Produced for Safer Internet Day: Les enfants sont de véritables moteurs de l’équipement informatique et de la connexion à l’Internet. Dès l’entrée au collège de leurs enfants, les parents sont persuadés de la nécessité du micro-ordinateur comme gage d’une meilleure réussite scolaire. Le même phénomène se reproduit à l’entrée au lycée concernant la connexion à […]
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