The Perfect Generation: Is the Internet Undermining Young People’s Mental Health? A report by Rachel Rosen for Parent Zone Presented at the British Medical Association, Tavistock Square, London 17 March 2016 Family life is arguably more complex now than it has ever been. Parents face having to explain issues to their children that could, in […]
Media education to enrich learning and media literacy to empower citizens
Video recording and presentations at the “Media and Learning Conference” online 10-12 March 2016, Brussels Video recording and presentations from this conference are available on http://media-and-learning.eu/programme The following sessions were particular relevant from the perspective of media literacy: – Opening speeches by Roberto Viola (European Commission – DG CNECT) and by Aidan White (Ethical Journalist […]
Consortium for Media Literacy (Newsletter April 2016)
In this issue of Connections, we are excited to offer another addition to the Voices of Media Literacy project with pioneer Victor C. Strasburger, MD. Dr. Strasburger, a pediatrician and media enthusiast, has researched children and media for more than 30 years. Our MediaLit Moments activity The Art and Craft of Magazine Covers examines the […]
How does misinformation spread online?
In the run up to the 2013 Italian elections, a social media post exposing the corruption of parliament went viral. Italian politicians were quietly certain that, win or lose, they would be financially secure by taking money from the taxpayer. Parliament had quietly passed a special welfare bill specially designed to protect policy-makers by ensuring […]
Media literacy from the EU perspective: how to empower citizens with critical thinking towards the media?
Opening speech by Roberto Viola, Director-General for Communications, Networks, Content and Technology at the “Media and Learning Conference” on 10 March 2016 in Brussels.
CALL FOR PAPERS — Media Literacy and Disabilities Journal of Media Literacy Education
Interest in the needs of students with disabilities has been a longstanding dimension of media literacy education. For example, researchers have found that a media literacy curriculum significantly enhanced media literacy competencies of emotionally disturbed students and students with learning disabilities. Pediatricians who used cameras as an intervention with young patients at the children hospital, […]
Connecting the dots between Preventing Violent Extremism, Education & the Sustainable Development Goals
Presentation at the 2016 Media & Learning Conference. Digital counter-narratives to violent extremist propaganda on the Internet will be on minor effect if policies of social inclusion and real commitment to education and governance reform are not included in the overall strategy.
EDUCATION 3.0 AND INTERNET GOVERNANCE: A NEW GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT
Children and young people are increasingly reliant on the Internet for their everyday lives. They communicate, share and collaborate online; use it to learn and play; and recognize its importance for their adult working lives. Considering their increasing access, agency and autonomy in using content and services, their protection as a vulnerable group needs to […]
Empowering Youth to Create With Purpose (Adobe Youth Voices)
Self-expression, collaboration, and persistence – just a few of the life skills young people learn through creative media making. This collection, including media produced by youth, builds on the resources created by the Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) program. The AYV curricula, toolkits, and stories have been designed to inspire young people to be thoughtful and […]
Spaces of action: Teaching critical literacy for community empowerment in the age of neoliberalism
The low educational achievement of our poorest youth is fundamentally a political problem. Against a background of interconnected gaps in educational achievement, health and wealth, and political participation, this paper calls for a liberatory educational praxis that disrupts these reinforcing inequalities. This is a critical literacy grounded in situated learning practices in what we call […]
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