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Children’s Media Foundation

, Filed Under: Media & Information Literacy, Media Education Policy, Youth Media

The Children’s Media Foundation is dedicated to ensuring UK children have access to the best possible media, on all platforms, at all ages. The CMF is governed by a Board of concerned individuals. Its activities in various fields are undertaken by the CMF Executive who are all volunteers. The CMF is a not-for-profit organisation funded […]

 

Global Kids Online

, Filed Under: Media & Information Literacy, Media Education Policy, Youth Media

Global Kids Online has been gathering new evidence on children’s online opportunities and risks via representative surveys in the Philippines, Uruguay, and Ghana. This adds to the existing database from seven other countries. Members of the network are also working on maximising the research impact with countries focusing on digital literacy (Bulgaria), influencing law and […]

 

Public consultation on fake news and online disinformation

, Filed Under: Media & Information Literacy, Media Education Policy

This public consultation will help assess the effectiveness of current actions by market players and other stakeholders, the need for scaling them up and introducing new actions to address different types of fake news. The consultation will collect information on: Definition of fake information and their spread online Assessment of measures already taken by platforms, […]

 

The Future of Truth and Misinformation Online

, Filed Under: Media & Information Literacy

Experts are evenly split on whether the coming decade will see a reduction in false and misleading narratives online. Those forecasting improvement place their hopes in technological fixes and in societal solutions. Others think the dark side of human nature is aided more than stifled by technology. Link: http://www.pewinternet.org/2017/10/19/the-future-of-truth-and-misinformation-online/Author: BY JANNA ANDERSON AND LEE RAINIESource: […]

 

International Association for Media Education (IAME)

, Filed Under: Media & Information Literacy, Media Education Policy

IAME is an international association aiming to promote media education at the international level. It provides a space for its members to share and collaborate. We are organizations and individuals committed to promote media education: teachers, researcher, educators and professionals from all over Europe. We came together as we strongly believe in the positive and […]

 

This is not a Facebook issue — investing in media literacy education is the answer

, Filed Under: Media & Information Literacy, Media Education Policy

Investing in media literacy education After a study from Stanford researchers evaluated students’ ability to assess information sources, the researchers described the results as “dismaying,” “bleak” and “[a] threat to democracy.” It wasn’t just young students either; many high school students couldn’t tell the difference between a real and a fake news source on Facebook. […]

 

The Post-Truth Threat to Democracy: How to Deal with the New Media Landscape?

, Filed Under: Media & Information Literacy, Media Education Policy

Video on YouTube of the panel during the Evens Foundation conference “Media Meets Literacy in Sarajevo” (September 2017) Panel debate addressing keynote speeches, followed by Q&A. Post-truth… waves of disinformation and propaganda … how do we deal with the new media landscape? What competencies, tools and initiatives do we need? How can we best teach […]

 

Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy (2017)

, Filed Under: Media & Information Literacy, Media Education Policy

Freedom of the Net 2017 Report by Freedom House Governments around the world have dramatically increased their efforts to manipulate information on social media over the past year. The Chinese and Russian regimes pioneered the use of surreptitious methods to distort online discussions and suppress dissent more than a decade ago, but the practice has […]