By Stanislav Matějka, European Affairs Coordinator, The Office of the Slovak Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission. On the 16 June 2022, the European Commission presented a new strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation, its flagship project to fight the spread of harmful disinformation online. The Code comes after months of negotiations and was prepared in cooperation with its
What happens when we increasingly rely on social media and the web for nearly all our information? What information do we see, and what do we miss? How do we know if a picture or a tweet is genuine or truthful? And what can we do if we can’t be sure? The Glass Room: Misinformation
Press Pass is a Transition Year student journalism and news literacy programme which has been run by NewsBrands Ireland since 2012. The free programme, which has been completed by 110,000 students, seeks to teach the fundamentals of journalism writing, improve news literacy and critical thinking skills, and encourage students to analyse content and form opinions
Childnet, the UK-based charity working to make the internet a great and safe place for children and young people, are inviting young people who attend school outside of the UK to showcase their creative skills and online safety knowledge by entering the International category of the Childnet Film Competition.Now in its 13th year, the Childnet
Making Sense of Media is Ofcom’s programme of work to help improve the online skills, knowledge and understanding of UK adults and children. Ofcom’s research programme is designed to provide a wide-ranging evidence base of adults’ and children’s understanding and use of media. It underpins Ofcoms own policy development, as well as providing the media
A new taskforce has been established to focus on disinformation about the war in Ukraine in EU and EEA countries, as well as the western Balkans. The taskforce will be collecting and sorting material and approaches such as fact-checking, investigations, rapid analysis, and research on disinformation campaigns, as well as specific media literacy initiatives. The
Published by Routledge as part of a series of Studies in Environmental Communication and Media, this book draws on a broad spectrum of environmental communications and related cross-disciplinary literature to help students and scholars grasp the interconnecting key concepts within this ever-expanding field of study. Aligning climate change and environmental learning through media and communications,
Authored by Ricardo Castellini da Silva Media Literacy has increasingly been a subject of discussion in educational environments, and this is reflected on the significant growth in awareness of the importance of providing training for teachers, librarians, and other professionals who work with youngsters. One example of a media literacy training is the recent collaboration