Child development has been considered as a priority sector by the policy makers in India and other countries. A new generation of children has grown up with television exposure in modern society. The impact of television on the personality of the children needs to be examined scientifically and systematically in modern society. Children spend a […]
Media & the Nepali Public: Survey Assessments of Media Capacity, Credibility and Literacy
This report primarily showcases findings of survey assessments that Media Foundation undertook in partnership with UNDP, the government of Japan and UNESCO. The Journalists’ Survey and the Public Opinion Survey were conducted during June-July, 2012. The surveys’ overall goal was to assess the media environment of Nepal with the immediate objective to identify priorities in […]
Practical development of modern mass media education in Poland
The paper analyzes the main ways of practical development of modern media education (1992-2012 years) in Poland: basic technologies, main events, etc
The Effects of ICT Environment on Teachers’ Attitudes and Technology Integration in Japan and the U.S.
The present study analyzes the effects of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) environment on teachers’ attitude toward technology integration in Japanese and U.S. elementary schools. Teacher’s attitude plays an important role in influencing the effectiveness of ICT education from a variety of perspectives. A number of studies have been done regarding teachers’ attitude toward ICT, […]
Media & Learning Brussels 2012: Media as an Agent of Change in Education and Training
The Media & Learning Brussels 2012 Conference was organised by the Flemish Ministry of Education and Training and media company ATiT with the support of the European Commission, DG Education and Culture. It took place on 14-15 November 2012 in the Ministry Headquarters in Brussels and involved 282 participants from 41 countries who came together […]
Is There a Human Right to Information During Disasters?
The volume of data generated by disasters is skyrocketing. During the Boston Marathon bombing, more than 500,000 tweets related to the explosions were generated in a few hours after the attacks, according to researchers at Syracuse University. The exponential growth in streams of data generated during disaster events are not the only ways information communication […]
Can one speak of an “information transliteracy”?
The issue of transliteracy in general and particularly informational transliteracy is increasingly being debated worldwide and from extremely varying perspectives. These concepts refer to highly varied cultural and professional realities and contexts. In this paper we will discuss three dimensions and issues. First, we will attempt to delineate the scope and range of current thinking […]
Children’s use of mobile phone text messaging and its impact on literacy development in primary school
The fastest growing market of mobile phone users has been reported to be pre-teen children and the Ofcom Media Literacy Audit (2006) of over 1500 UK children reported that 49% of 8-11 year olds had their own mobile phone. However, whilst the expanding availability of this technology is apparent, its effects upon its users are […]
Factors Affecting Media Literacy of Early Teenagers in Bangkok
The purposes of this research are: 1) to study the media literacy of early teenagers, and 2) to study the interaction between gender and timing of media exposure that affects the media literacy of teenagers. The sample of the study included 400 young people aged between 11 to 17 and who were living in Bangkok. […]
Young People’s Interaction with Media in Egypt, India, Finland, Argentina and Kenya
In contemporary information society, finding, evaluating and using information is a key survival skill. Conventional and new media such as libraries, archives, mass media and the Internet serve an important function in society as the sources of information. This chapter will focus on findings from research that was carried out in Egypt, India, Finland, Argentina […]
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