Another jam-packed newsletter for May. Almost at the halfway mark for 2023 and LOTS still to come. If you haven’t already had a look at our Workplan please go to the Members News section of the website and think about how you can best play your part. Email Martina with any thoughts/suggestions/ideas. If you haven’t logged on in a while, you might need to reset your password.
A report on the event, discussions and SID 2023 Activity is now available: https://www.webwise.ie/trending/safer-internet-day-2023-report/.
Part of a series of articles sign-posting MLI members to possible sources of funding.
By Diarmaid Mac Mathúna, Director-Agency at indiepics It’s getting harder and harder to spot fake images that have been generated by artificial intelligence systems. The images that the latest AI systems like Midjourney and DALL·E 2 are creating are very impressive. These photorealistic images are easily created using short, carefully engineered text prompts either directly
More than 100 students with ages ranging from 15 to 18 years from 50 different schools in Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands participated in a research project on media and democracy .
Safer Internet Day (SID) is an EU wide initiative to promote a safer internet for all users, especiallyyoung people. It is promoted in Ireland by the PDST Technology in Education and Webwise.Taking place on Tuesday February 7, there’s still time to get involved in Safer Internet Day 2023. For example, schools can: For parents, Webwise will
by Susan Moss, Head of Government Relations and Public Policy, Ireland
TikTok has launched a new Irish campaign to highlight the platform’s safety features to TikTokers and parents.
Assessing the impact of media literacy interventions is notoriously difficult, as it is hard to measure the acquisition of skills, particularly with no standard baseline to refer to. But, as increased digital media literacy becomes ever more necessary in the complex online environment, as a tool against disinformation and more, it is crucial that media