Articles
The New Copyright Legislation Proposals – A Help or a Hindrance?
At the beginning of June 2018, European lawmakers rejected a proposal by the European Parliaments Committee on Legal Affairs (known as JURI) to begin negotiations to update copyright laws for the digital age. The Parliament [...]
Media Literacy Tools for Senior Citizens
The following article was written by Mrs. Deena Newaz, Program Officer of World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE). Deena manages the Learners’ Voice Program at the World Innovation Summit for Education. Prior to working at [...]
#MeToo, You Too and the Vanity of Women
A brief look at the role of diversity and feminism in media. My childhood was spent in art galleries. Not because I’m a particularly big fan of art (I’m not), or because I am an [...]
My Experience as a Refugee at the European Parliament
On Wednesday, 20 June 2018, the European Internet Forum met at their ‘EIF breakfast: World Refugee Day: the role of the Internet and ICTs,’ at the European Parliament. On World Refugee Day, many events were [...]
Boosting Global Citizenship Education using digital storytelling
This article was written by Barbara Quarta. She is coordinator of the Brights Project. If you would be interested about finding out more about this work, pleas click here. The current global scenario requires education and training institutions and [...]
Fake news and critical literacy in the digital age: sharing responsibility and addressing challenges
How can we tackle the ongoing challenge of so-called ‘fake news’? Gianfranco Polizzi, PhD Researcher in the Department of Media at Communications at LSE, argues that we all have a responsibility to learn critical literacy to [...]
