3rd INTERNATIONAL YOUTH MEDIA SUMMIT (IYMS) is a summit for young filmmakers and young diplomats from high schools, universities and media programs all over the world. Target age group for participants is 15 to 22 years. This year Summit has focus on: Intercultural Media Education, Media Literacy for all, Education in Media, Information and Communication […]
Media Stereotypes
Her Majesty is embarking on an even more ambitious project: to create a set of YouTube videos that address negative stereotypes, directed at young people all over the world who have the opportunity to create the story of pluralism rather than accept a bit part in the narrative of conflict.
Young people, the internet and civic participation
Young People, the Internet and Civic Participation (CIVICWEB) is a project aiming to analyse the potential contribution of the internet in promoting civic engagement and participation among young people, aged 15-25. It is a collaborative effort between seven European countries – Great Britain, Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. What is basically at […]
ORBICOM
Orbicom is supported by internationally-based institutions, media, governments and corporations. However, Orbicom’s mandate derives from UNESCO’s New Communications Strategy unanimously adopted at the 1989 General Conference. This Conference foresaw that new communications technologies would have a significant impact upon the complex processes shaping economies, the environment, social justice, democracy, and peace. Societal change depends upon […]
Ofcom response to European Commission consultation on media literacy
El informe detalla qué es la alfabetización mediática y por qué este tipo de conocimiento es necesario para que las personas utilicen eficazmente los medios de comunicación.
Global Voices
Global Voices aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online – shining light on places and people other media often ignore.
The Crossing Roads of Egypt: An Avenue of Participation Crucifies the Stagnation Development
Egypt is currently witnessing a serious of crossing roads stage in its contemporary times. The Egyptian media and political arena are clustered into two categories: the hard-liners, or the old guards refusing to yield change or any restructuring, namely the autocrats on the one hand. And the new wave of development, under the auspices of […]
Cartoon Coverage: Occidentalism and Orientalism Revisited
This paper aims at studying the coverage of the cartoon controversy with the Orientalism – and Occidentalism – critique as a backdrop. In 1978, Edward Said published his book ‘Orientalism’ that dealt with the interplay between the “Occident” and the “Orient.” In reference to this view, the West has created a dichotomy, between the reality […]
The Role Played By Qur’an Translations In Steering Public Opinion Against Islam In Non-Muslim Communities
This paper pinpoints the important role that Qur’an translations have played in forming the image of Islam past and present. This importance has remarkably increased in the aftermath of 9/11 with the unprecedented curiosity to know about Islam by reading its very revealed Book. As Thomas Cleary, a non-Muslim Qur’an translator mentions, Qur’an translations are […]
A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Arab Civil Society
The Arab world is currently struggling to maintain cultural integrity and religious identity in the face of globalization. This critical phase is magnified by a split between the public agenda and the media agenda. This article offers a comparative tool for assessing the Arab world in terms of civil liberties, rule of law, anticorruption and […]
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