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Applications open for new Royal Irish Academy Disinformation Research Grant

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) is inviting applications for the new Disinformation Research Grant, supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport. The scheme will support nuanced, collaborative research on different aspects of disinformation, involving research across multiple disciplines and networks. Who can apply Eligible proposals Proposals are invited for a clearly defined piece

Scanarix Media Game: Growing a transnational civic infrastructure for media literacy

by Larysa Nazarenko, CSO Segalor, Ukraine What happens when a game stops being just a teaching tool and starts becoming civic infrastructure? This is the question that has guided the development of the Scanarix Media Game from its earliest prototypes to the implementation cycles now running with children, families and educators across Ukraine, Europe and

MLI April Newsletter

Read the November MLI newsletter for media literacy related news and updates.

Free Media Literacy Training Programme available

MIL-CC (Media and Information Literacy Community Connections) is pleased to announce that its media literacy training programme for public librarians is now freely available in English and Spanish. MIL-CC was a pilot project running in Ireland, Spain and Portugal, exploring how best to design and deliver media literacy training for public librarians. Funded by the

Cannes Calling: Ireland’s Young Lions winners announced

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Get Started with AI

If you are starting to feel left behind with AI, then this new AI-skilling initiative might be just the thing you need. AIReady.ie is the Government’s new national AI-skilling platform, designed to provide people across Ireland with access to essential AI skills. The platform has been developed by SOLAS, in partnership with the National Skills

National reports on media literacy measures under the AVMSD

Reports by EU member states on national measures to promote and develop media literacy skills have been published and Ireland’s report reveals the breadth and depth of the work in this area. As part of an obligation stemming from the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (Article 33a(2)), EU member states have to submit periodically a report to the

New Digital Media Literacy Resource for Third-Level Institutions

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