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New Digital Media Literacy Resource for Third-Level Institutions

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A new educational resource on digital media literacy has been developed by Munster Technological University. The course, Digital Media Literacy: Build the Skills to Question What You See Online, provides essential skills for students navigating today’s digital information landscape. Developed by a cross-disciplinary team of academic staff, library professionals, and students from Munster Technological University, with guidance from EDMO

New Near FM Radio Series Mad About Media

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by Ciarán Murray, Coordinator, Near Media Co-op On 23 March, Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr Ray McAdam launched Near FM’s media literacy series Mad about Media. This series is a collaboration with FET Dhúlaigh and is supported by Coimisiún na Meán’s Sound and Vision Fund through the television licence fee. The programmes go out every

Empowering the Next Generation: Highlights from the 4th Annual Growing up in the Digital Age Summit

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by Ryan Meade, Government Affairs & Public Policy Manager, Google A highlight of every year for Google’s Dublin HQ is serving as the global stage for the Growing Up in the Digital Age summit. This flagship annual event, hosted by the Google Safety Engineering Centre for the fourth time this March, convened over 220 guests

Media literacy takes centre stage at Council of Europe conference

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Organised as part of the Moldovan Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and under the umbrella of the New Democratic Pact for Europe, a High-Level Conference entitled Building Resilience to Disinformation and FIMI in Europe took place in Chisinau in Moldova on 20 March. The Conference offered the opportunity for stakeholders

Voices – The European Festival of Journalism and Media Freedom 2026

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by Daphne Siozos, programme assistant, EAVI–Media Literacy for Citizenship The third edition of the Voices Festival of Journalism and Media Freedom took place in Florence, at Teatro del Maggio Musicale, on 10–12 March 2026 and brought together journalists, researchers, policymakers, and citizens for three days of lively exchange, reflection, and collaboration. As an EU-funded initiative, Voices

Webwise Launches a New Primary Digital Citizenship Programme

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by Jane McGarrigle, National Coordinator, Webwise A new programme for 5th and 6th class pupils is now available for primary schools. Switched On is a digital citizenship programme developed by Webwise in collaboration with and supported by Coimisiún na Meán. The programme is designed to help teachers support pupils in becoming safe, responsible and confident

Virgin Media News Truth Matters

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by Ruairi Carroll, Head of News, Virgin Media Television  We didn’t have ‘media literacy’ when I was a teenager in the 1990s.  Media was RTÉ, The Irish Times, and The Irish Independent.  Independent radio was still relatively new. There was no real internet as we know it now; mobile phones were rare; social media was years away — and when it came

Media Matters – a new media‑literacy resource for primary school children

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by Ligimat Pérez, Media Literacy and User Education team, Coimisiún na Meán Media Matters is a ten‑part media literacy series running from February to November 2026 in The Primary Planet magazine, one of Ireland’s leading educational magazines. The series is a collaboration between Coimisiún na Meán and News Mag, publisher of The Primary Planet and