On 4 December 2024, the Media Literacy Ireland annual conference took place at the Foundry in Dublin, kindly hosted by Google. MLI would like to thank Coimisiún na Meán, Google and all of the speakers, panellists, and attendees for making it such a success The theme of the conference was ‘Media Literacy for All’ and
To mark Global Media and Information Literacy Week (GMILW), Media Literacy Ireland has been working with libraries and library staff on two different initiatives. Media, especially digital media, is central to our daily lives and the technology behind it is changing all the time. Knowing how to use, understand and evaluate media is essential if
On 21 October 2024, Coimisiún na Meán published the Online Safety Code following the conclusion of an assessment by the European Commission. The Code sets binding rules for video-sharing platforms who have their EU headquarters in Ireland. The general obligations contained in the code will apply from next month and platforms will have an implementation
The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) has published the EDMO Guidelines for Effective Media Literacy Initiatives. Consisting of 12 concise Principles and supported by simple, but well-tested Guidelines, this resource has been designed for use by anyone involved in the development of media literacy initiatives, including civil society, educators, policy makers, those in the media
For the second time this year, MLI gave evidence to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media looking at the topic of the State’s response to online disinformation and media/digital literacy, including social media and fake news. MLI National Coordinator, Martina Chapman, was joined by Shane Murphy from FuJo, Ciarán O’Connor
The 2024 MLI Annual Conference will take place on 4 December in The Foundry in Dublin, kindly hosted by Google. The theme for the conference is ‘Media Literacy for All’ and we want to use this opportunity to share, learn and consider together what the promotion of media literacy will look like in the coming
Have you been involved in a media literacy initiative in the last year? Here’s your chance to shout about it. The call for entries for the 2024 MLI Awards is open! Supported by Coimisiún na Meán, the aim of the MLI Awards programme is to recognise the work that is being undertaken to help citizens,
Fifteen new projects have been approved as a result of the 2024 EMIF Call for Proposals with a total value of €4.2 million. The European Media and Information Fund (EMIF) 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