The European Commission Media Literacy Experts Group
The European Commission representatives stressed the importance of media literacy and framed this debate around fake news and social media
EAVI in the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition Conference
Coding is a digital skill, decoding a media literacy skill. Media education is the process to become media literate.
Visual literacy: 5 key questions
When we think about information, we might assume it will come in a written or audio format. But what about the information we get from visual imagery?
EAVI Roundtable Debate at the European Parliament – Democracy, Journalism and Literacy
In December EAVI together with the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom held the Democracy, Journalism and Literacy event at the European Parliament. The event was hosted by MEPs Barbara Spinelli and Curzio Maltese. The event focused on the dangers posed to media pluralism presented by new media and the threat to democracy this creates, as well as the role of media literacy and other initiatives to combat this. Barbara Spinelli opened the discussions by sharing her observations of media freedom – namely the level of self-censorship among journalists, protections afforded to whistleblowers, and [...]
Pay Attention to Distractions by Paolo Celot
Pay Attention to Distractions Transcript of Paolo's Impulse Speech Council of Europe 4th Platform Exchange on Digitisation and Culture, Karlsruhe, 19-20 October 2017 “Good afternoon, I was ready to talk about media literacy. I prepared a presentation with slides, it was linear and clear. But also, a bit predictable and possibly boring. But in light of this morning’s exchanges, and because of the conversation I have had with Jaroslav at the table, I changed my mind. You can still find tons of information about media literacy on our web site. I will talk about a different [...]
Media Literacy Workshop (KIDS)
EAVI visited Stokeinteignhead School in Devon, UK, on 16 November 2017 to deliver a workshop introducing 10 and 11 year olds to media literacy.
EAVI at Digital Brusselles Female Tech Incubator Launch on 25th of October 2017
On Wednesday 25th of October EAVI has participated in the launch of Digital Brusselles Female Tech Incubator, at the newly opened BeCentral co-working space in Brussels.
Beyond Fake News Workshop – September 26, Brussels
EAVI’s Beyond Fake News Workshop took place on 26 September 2017, in association with ECAS. It was attended by 20 professionals from various international organisations, local and national governments and NGOs.
Media Meets Literacy Conference and Propaganda Lab – Sarajevo
EAVI recently attended the Propaganda Lab and Media Meets Literacy Conference organised by Evens Foundation in Sarajevo from the 19 - 21 September.
Seminar: Protecting European Democracy in a Post-Truth Society, European Parliament
On 6th of September Marietje Schaake and Morten Løkkegaard from Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe hosted a seminar “Protecting democracy in a post-truth era.”
