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by Ciar\u00e1n Murray, Coordinator, Near Media Co-op<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 23 March, Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr Ray McAdam launched Near FM\u2019s media literacy series Mad about Media<\/em>. This series is a collaboration with FET Dh\u00falaigh and is supported by Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n\u2019s Sound and Vision Fund through the television licence fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programmes go out every Monday at 6 p.m. on Near FM and are available after broadcast as a podcast<\/a>. Throughout the series, media students from FET Dh\u00falaigh put questions to journalists, academics and media experts.\u00a0 The students take various challenges to limit their screen time, including using their screens in black and white and substituting their smart phones for brick phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media student Sarah Fitzgerald was the presenter for the first episode, with First Year students Erica Milling, Aoibh Cowan and Aaron O\u2019Reilly-McGee making up the panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the series, the students get to discuss a wide variety of topics with a range of experts, including Martina Chapman from Media Literacy Ireland; David Power from the Irish Film Classification Office; Stephanie Comey from Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n; Stephen McDermott, journalist with The<\/em> Journal<\/em>;, and David Curran, head of Media with FET Dh\u00falaigh. Students also interview Greta Mohan of the ESRI on young people and online gambling, Eileen Culloty on mis and dis-information, Leon Diop on the Black and Irish podcast, Rosie Day on the Medemap Project, and Roddy Flynn on media ownership,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The production team comprises of Ciar\u00e1n Murray, Jaye Palmer, Dave Curran and C\u00e1it Boyce-Willis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can listen to the first episode here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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