Student View: Media affects us from Hollywood to social media
Ashrah Khan is a first-year BA Joint Honours student at Dublin City University where she studied media literacy in the School of Communications.
Ashrah Khan is a first-year BA Joint Honours student at Dublin City University where she studied media literacy in the School of Communications.
by Christina Nuhr, European Programmes Officer, The Wheel Do you feel confident that you can recognise disinformation when you encounter it? Why do people believe disinformation? What role do social media platforms play? These were some of the pressing questions explored during The Wheel’s recent webinar “Tackling Disinformation and Building Media Literacy” delivered with support from
By Denise Callan, EU Projects and Communications Specialist We are facing the “post-truth” world, characterised by conspiracy theories, overwhelming disinformation, fake news and extremist narratives. As Europeans prepare to vote in the European Parliament elections in June, we must carefully interrogate the information presented and empower people, to critically evaluate media and digital technology. ARENAS
April saw the opening of a tiny, but fully functional audio visual studio at the offices of MLI members EurAV in Drogheda town centre.
Aoife Hyland is a first-year BA Joint Honours student at Dublin City University where she studied media literacy in the School of Communications.
By Ann Byrne, Digital Librarian, Hibernia College. Hibernia College is delighted to release its short course in Digital Literacy as an open educational resource (OER). The course was developed by a small team within Hibernia College’s Digital Learning Department (DLD): Irene O’Dowd (DLD researcher), Ann Byrne (Digital Librarian), and Emberly Davey (library assistant), with support
Sarah McKenna is a first-year BA Joint Honours student at Dublin City University where she studied media literacy in the School of Communications. This explainer aims to outline the importance of media literacy in today’s society and specifically for parents.
By Christine Cullen, Head of Internal Communications and Bigger Picture at Sky Ireland At Sky we believe that a company of our scale has a responsibility to the community in which we operate, and it really is important to us both as a business and for our employees that we support the communities where our