Mapping Media Literacy Across Europe
As the skills of being able to readily critical assess and interact with the media continues to grow in importance a new report, Mapping Media Literacy Practices and Actions, from the European Audiovisual Observatory has been released to document the measures being taken at national and European levels to nurture and promote media literacy competencies.
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics: A Data Literacy Primer
It has become remarkably simple to create a valid-looking website, which to the unassuming eye resembles an official, big-name news outlet. But as if verifying text content wasn't hard enough, seductive visualisations; graphs, charts, and maps, made with free tools found anywhere on the internet, can make fact checking even harder.
Facebook’s Fake News Problem and What You Can Do to Stop It
Post-truth was named word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries last week as the scramble to understand what exactly happened in the US election was well underway. One argument being forwarded is that the proliferation of fake news on Facebook may have influenced the result.
Monitoring Media Pluralism and Media Literacy Across Europe, 2016
EAVI's Paolo Celot attended the The Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom's workshop on media literacy at the European University Institute in Florence on November 3rd, 2016
My First Training: Media Literacy, Critical Thinking & Propaganda – ‘Lead On’ Youth Exchange, Canary Islands
EAVI's Luc Steinberg recently lead an Erasmus+ youth exchange in the Canary Islands to give training on media literacy, propaganda and critical thinking.
VIDEO: The 4 Steps to Getting an Idea (The Remix Method #1)
Everything is a Remix creator, Kirby Ferguson has recently dropped an other video explaining how creativity happens in our subconscious mind and the steps we can take to develop new ideas and get creative.
Refugees and Migrants: the inconvenient truths – First Event of EAVI’s #MyStory Project
“We shouldn't talk about quality journalism. Quality journalism is just journalism.” Refugees and Migrants: the inconvenient truths – Residence Palace, Brussels, 4th October 2016 We kicked off EAVI's project #MyStory: Media, Migrants & Refugees (funded by European Commission), on Tuesday October 4th. The first #MyStory event, organised by the Alliance Internationale de Journalistes (AIJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) at their offices in Brussels, involved roundtable debates with around 50 people in attendance. The debate addressed Europe's reaction to mass migration and the dangers of sensationalism, political bias and stereotyping in mainstream media discourse. Over three hours of discussion, [...]
VIDEO: Trump Supporters’ Conspiracy Theories Shows Need for Media Literacy
These video interviews with Trump supporters about the conspiracy theories they adhere to is the stuff of media literacy educators nightmares.
One More Thing: The EAVI Weekly Media Literacy Digest #2
A brief summary of some of the things that have happened or have been discussed during the week regarding media literacy and media in general in Europe and elsewhere. 1. Contrast between September covers of Girls' Life and Boys' Life The covers of the September issues of Boys' Life and Girls' Life magazines present quite a disparity between what advice they choose to give to young boys and girls; boys are told to consider their future and girls are advised on how to look pretty. It has been pointed out that previous issues of Girls' Life have emphasised other topics such [...]
EAVI Weekly Media Digest #1
Introducing the EAVI Weekly Digest. It's a brief summary of some of the things that have happened or have been written during the week regarding media literacy and media in general in Europe and elsewhere. Posted every Friday. 1. Copyright in the EU A lot of discussion on the leaked impact statement on Europe’s new copyright reforms this week. Among the controversies, provisions for ancillary copyright have upset many as it appears to be a backflip by Commission on earlier promises to exclude them. Ancillary copyright, sometimes referred to as a link tax, is being [...]
