The Media Literacy Ireland (MLI) Making Sense of Science in MediaHorizon events took place online in October 2020. On Friday 2nd October, Making Sense of Science in Media: Communication and Health explored the challenges and risks around communicating scientific data in a health crisis like Covid-19 and the role of media literacy in helping to create a more receptive environment
As a result of Covid-19 restrictions, Media Literacy Ireland will not be hosting their annual MLI conference this year. Instead, we will host a series of five ‘Media Literacy Monday’ webinars. With an overarching theme of ‘the Power of Collaboration’, this series of webinars will also explore how MLI member can continue to work collaboratively
Headline is pleased to announce the Mental Health Media Awards 2020! Submissions for this year’s awards open on Tuesday September 1 and remain open for the month of September. Please visit our new awards page for more info on key dates, this year’s categories and rules, including how to submit. In the meantime, here’s a recap of MHMA 2019
CHOOSING THE RIGHT ONLINE MEDIA LITERACY COURSE Media literacy education is key to the fight against misinformation and is an essential component of good information communication. It assists in developing critical thinking skills and teaches us how to evaluate media messages, letting us decide for ourselves the truth, falsity, and/or bias of media communications in
By Eileen Culloty Dr Eileen Culloty is a postdoctoral researcher at the DCU FuJo Institute where she works on countering disinformation as part of the EU Provenance project. As older people cocoon at home, digital technology is a vital source of connection. At the end of April, Age Action launched the Getting Started Kit, a set of seven guides
COVID-19 dominates a large part of our lives at the moment and we know that we all have a part to play in fighting the virus. In addition to the HSE recommendations (washing hands, physical distancing and respiratory etiquette), MLI members can also help to fight the virus of misinformation circulating in relation to COVID19.
1. Register for Safer Internet Day 2020 Let us know what you are planning to do to mark Safer Internet Day 2020, and we will send you online safety packs, including free wristbands for all of your participants. All schools, organisations, clubs, and community groups who are registered for #SID2020 will feature on the Webwise
The day started off with a ‘pre-conference’ mini-masterclass on strategic use of social media for campaigns was delivered by Craig Dwyer (For a Change) and Ronan Costello (Twitter). Key advice was the need for all organisation/NGOs to assess where they are on the scale of social media competency – from ‘Crawling’ to ‘Flying’ by asking