by Dorothee Meyer-Holtkamp, Media and Outreach Coordinator, Near Media Co-op Young Community Leaders and Media Literacy Training In December 2024, Near FM teamed up with the YCL (Young Community Leaders), a programme for young people aged 16–25 from the Northside Partnership catchment area. We met over three weeks in the youth centre in Kilmore West
EDMO is offering a free online training series on health disinformation. This is open to all stakeholders working to tackle disinformation, as well as public health policy experts interested in questions related to disinformation. Module 1: Understanding and addressing health disinformation – 13 February The first module will explore health disinformation beyond traditional vaccine debates,
Coalition leaders Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, with input from Independents, have outlined the following key priorities around media and digital literacy in their newly ratified Programme for Government 2025: Securing Ireland’s Future. Their key priorities are as follows:
There are currently four funding calls open that may be of interest to media literacy stakeholders and practitioners. Deadlines for applications are in February, March and April. Adult Literacy for Life Collaboration and Innovation Fund Established by the National Adult Literacy for Life Programme, this grant is for projects and activities that support adults with
Safer Internet Day will take place on Tuesday, 11th February 2025. The celebrations will be based around the theme, “Prepare / Protect / Thrive: Navigating Algorithms and Influencers.” This theme invites parents, schools, educators, young people, and all stakeholders to consider how algorithms and influencers shape young people’s lives. In a world of endless online
On 7 January 2025, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp), announced that Meta was ending its third-party fact-checking programme. This programme was instituted by Meta in 2016 to counter the spread of misinformation across its social media platforms. In his announcement, the CEO said concerns around ‘too much censorship’ had prompted the
Digital literacy underpins the ability to make informed choices about many of our daily tasks such as money management, health and social interaction. This is recognised by the national Adult Literacy for Life Programme, which has established the 2025 Collaboration and Innovation Fund for projects and activities that support adults with unmet literacy, numeracy, digital
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