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Video-sharing platforms and promotion of Media Literacy: EPRA MIL taskforce shares its reflections

By Emmanuelle Machet, Head of EPRA Secretariat In line with EPRA’s commitment to reflect and promote the growing importance of Media Literacy in Europe, the EPRA Media and Information Literacy Taskforce, set up in 2018, has recently released a report entitled “Reflections on Video Sharing Platforms’ promotion of Media Literacy under the Audiovisual Media Services Directive”.

Media Literacy Monday Webinar Review: Young People and Media Literacy – Perspectives | Practice | Potential

By Martina Chapman, National Coordinator, MLI The first Media Literacy Monday webinar of 2021 took place on Monday 25 January at 4 pm via zoom. With Safer Internet Day around the corner, it seemed appropriate to focus on young people and media literacy. The full webinar is available to watch online. Perspectives The event opened with an

Remove, Reduce and Inform: Evolving Facebook’s misinformation policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout

By Stephanie Anderson, Public Policy Associate Manager, Facebook Since last writing to update members of Media Literacy Ireland (MLI) on Facebook’s company-wide efforts to tackle COVID-19 misinformation, there have been many notable moments in the course of the pandemic. While COVID-19 continues to unfortunately spread within our communities, the emergence of breakthrough vaccines offers hope for the

Remove, Reduce and Inform

Since last writing to update members of Media Literacy Ireland (MLI) on Facebook’s company-wide efforts to tackle COVID-19 misinformation, there have been many notable moments in the course of the pandemic. While COVID-19 continues to unfortunately spread within our communities, the emergence of breakthrough vaccines offers hope for the future. Throughout the twists and turns of this

In Focus: Safer Internet Day 2021

By Jane McGarrigle, Webwise. Safer Internet Day will take place on Tuesday 9th February 2021, this EU wide initiative promotes a safer internet for all users, especially young people. Webwise is responsible for the coordination and promotion of Safer Internet Day in Ireland and while the celebrations will look a little different this year, there

Call for tenders for service provider to design and implement media literacy training module for public libraries

The Local Government Management Agency are looking to appoint an external Service Provider to design and implement a learning module to equip public library staff in Ireland with the skills needed to provide media literacy training to adult library users. The learning module should be developed in consultation with the stakeholders listed below and should

MLI Media Literacy Monday Webinar: Young People and Media Literacy – Perspectives | Practice | Potential

In Focus: The News Literacy Project

By Carol McCarthy, Director of Communications, The News Literacy Project. The News Literacy Project (NLP) is a nonpartisan national education nonprofit that provides programs and resources for educators and the public to teach, learn and share the skills needed to be smart, active consumers of news and information and equal and engaged participants in a democracy.