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
by Faebitha Rahiman The Algowatch project has been funded for two years under the Creative Europe programme. It started in Oct 2023 and will run for two years. The project aims to educate the general public about the challenges of algorithms and Artificial Intelligence (Algo- and AI-literacy) and to recognise mis and disinformation. It has
By Access IT As part of the SOLAS Reach Programme, registered charity Access I.T. is delighted to have been able to bring essential digital skills to residents throughout Waterford City and County and would like to extend sincere congratulations to all the students who successfully completed the Digital Skills Programme. Access I.T.’s mission is to
The MLI newsletter for May is here!
During the first half of 2024, regional radio station, Beat, developed and delivered a substantial Digital Media Literacy Tour for secondary schools across the South East. For schools that missed out on the face to to face roadshow, Beat have now published a 20 minute video version of the tour which schools and youth groups can access on the Beat website.
The MLI newsletter for May is here!
Ashrah Khan is a first-year BA Joint Honours student at Dublin City University where she studied media literacy in the School of Communications.
by Christina Nuhr, European Programmes Officer, The Wheel Do you feel confident that you can recognise disinformation when you encounter it? Why do people believe disinformation? What role do social media platforms play? These were some of the pressing questions explored during The Wheel’s recent webinar “Tackling Disinformation and Building Media Literacy” delivered with support from