News Literacy Archives - EAVI Information and Democracy Tue, 07 Apr 2026 01:40:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://eavi.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-Untitled-design-32x32.webp News Literacy Archives - EAVI 32 32 The Threat of AI-Generated Disinformation to European Elections and Democracy https://eavi.eu/the-threat-of-ai-generated-disinformation/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:32:01 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=15593 In view of the elections that will be held in 2024 in the EU and other parts of the world including the US and UK, there are various challenges to democratic processes as technological advancements are on the rise. It is argued that electoral periods and times of political crisis serve as fertile [...]

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]]> AI Hallucination: When AI Makes Things Up https://eavi.eu/ai-hallucination/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:00:07 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=15569 The word “hallucinate” was announced as the word of the year by the Cambridge Dictionary in 2023. It means “to seem to see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist, usually because of a health condition or because you have taken a drug”. The term "hallucination" originates from the Latin word [...]

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]]> The Relevance of Chomsky’s Media Theory in Today’s Digital Landscape: Media Ownership https://eavi.eu/the-relevance-of-chomskys-media-theory-in-todays-digital-landscape/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 15:21:12 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=15417   In an era dominated by social media and big tech giants, the concentration of media ownership has become more important than ever. The infographic above depicts the ownership landscape of major platforms and reveals an interesting truth that media control lies in the hands of a few, steering the narratives that reach [...]

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]]> Beyond Fake News Workshop – September 26, Brussels https://eavi.eu/beyond-fake-news-workshop-september-26-brussels/ https://eavi.eu/beyond-fake-news-workshop-september-26-brussels/#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2017 13:32:35 +0000 http://eavi.eu/?p=7191 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.

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]]> https://eavi.eu/beyond-fake-news-workshop-september-26-brussels/feed/ 2 Inter Alia #1: EAVI’s Media Literacy Digest https://eavi.eu/inter-alia-1-media-digest/ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:56:42 +0000 http://eavi.eu/?p=5532 EAVI attempts to keep you updated with all the new initiatives, software, books, projects, changes in policy, news and whatever else we find relating to media literacy in Europe.

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