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Funding for Media Literacy projects available from The European Media and Information Fund

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The European Media and Information Fund is established by the European University Institute and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and provides grants to researchers, fact-checkers, not-for-profits and other public interest-oriented organisations working on disinformation research and strengthening media literacy and fact-checking. The EMIF is a multi-donor fund. Google made an inaugural contribution of 25 million euros over 5 years. Google

EDMO and Media Literacy

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The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) brings together fact-checkers, media literacy experts, and academic researchers to understand and analyse disinformation, in collaboration with media organisations, online platforms and media literacy practitioners. There are eight national or multinational hubs, including one in Ireland. Each hub will provide specific knowledge at a national level to help counter

Phase Two of the YouVerify MOOC is now open!

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Following the success of phase 1 of this free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) where more than 1700 registered for phase 1 of the course, phase 2 was launched on February 14, 2022. New features include: – 2 training paths. Path 1 focusses on understanding visual disinformation and exploring its challenges. Path 2 focusses on

MLI participates in Joint Oireachtas Committee meeting on disinformation and media literacy

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The Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media met on Wednesday, 2 February, to discuss online disinformation and media literacy. There were two Oireachtas sessions. The first featured Professor Mary Aiken, Professor of Forensic Cyberpsychology, University of East London. Her opening statement can be found here. The second session featured MLI Co-Chair Prof. Brian

In Case You Missed It: Media Literacy Monday – Meeting the Media Literacy needs of children and young people

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The first Media Literacy Monday webinar of 2022 took place on the 24th January and explored the question of how to support the media literacy needs of children and young people. Some of those needs may be linked using online technology and services safely and securely, other media literacy needs may be linked to critical

Have Your Say: EU consultation on safeguarding media freedom in the EU

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A consultation has been launched to collect views and insights on Safeguarding Media Freedom in the EU. Responses are being sought from citizens, relevant Member States’ authorities and bodies, academics, media actors (both private and public service media) and umbrella organisations representing any of the interested stakeholders. The consultation opened on the 10th January and

Media Literacy funding call as part of Creative Europe programme

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The recently adopted 2022 Creative Europe programme includes a new Media Literacy funding call under the News Media strand of the programme. This funding call will support the development of innovative cross-border media literacy initiatives and communities across Europe, in a continuously changing digital media landscape and taking into account current user behaviour among various

New analysis of the impact of gender and diversity in news consumption in Ireland

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The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has published a fact sheet of the impact of gender and diversity in news consumption in Ireland drawing on data from the Reuters Digital News Reports. The additional analysis, carried out by the DCU Institute of Future Media, Democracy and Society (FuJo), examines the role of gender and diversity in