TASC (Think tank for action on social change) is the Irish partner in a new ‘Media Literacy forDemocracy’ programme designed to promote an effective media literacy strategy to tackledisinformation, empower citizens to make informed decisions and protect democratic values. The consortium brings together 6 partners from Ireland, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and Poland who willdeliver 10
Research showing that elderly people are more likely to believe and share ‘fake news’ than theiryounger counterparts 1 is behind a trans-European project that aims to develop and deliver medialiteracy training to seniors in rural areas.Media Literacy Ireland member EurAV is one of four non-profit organisations, based in Ireland, Italy,Slovakia and North Macedonia that met
The 2022 MLI Annual Conference took place in Cork on the 15th December 2022, courtesy of MLI members Trend Micro. Marking five years since MLI was established, the conference theme of ‘Meaningful Media Literacy’ offered a moment of reflection about where we are now, how we got here and most importantly, where we go next.
Media Literacy Ireland (MLI) is pleased to announce the launch of the first ever dedicated awards programme to recognise and celebrate media literacy in Ireland. The Awards launch takes place on 15th December, at MLI’s annual conference, hosted this year by member Trend Micro. Supported by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, the awards aim to
The purpose of the Steering Group is to provide strategic direction, advice and support to the core MLI team and working groups. We are very grateful to the current members of Steering Group who have guided the development of MLI so successfully to date. We would like to take this opportunity to particularly thank Joe
It is with great excitement that we are sharing our latest update about the MLI Awards 2023. The purpose of these awards is to raise awareness of the great media literacy work that is being done in Ireland and encourage involvement from a maximum number of stakeholders and anyone else interested in media literacy at
It’s almost time. We are less than four weeks away from our first ‘in-person’ MLI event in since late 2019. The 2022 MLI Annual Conference will take place on December 15th in Cork. We are delighted to have the opportunity to follow up on our commitment to host MLI events ‘out of Dublin’ and we would
On the 14th March, MLI hosted the first ‘Lunch and Learn’ online event. Now that a return to the office is starting to take place the MLI team were conscious that people’s availability for the Media Literacy Monday webinars might be be different. In response, we are going to change the frequency of the Media