EAVI Youth Focus Groups
EAVI - the European Association for Viewers Interests is an international non-profit organisation based in Brussels that advocates for media literacy. EAVI is working with and it is supported by the European Commission, the European Audiovisual Observatory, Unesco and the Council of Europe on media literacy and disinformation topics. EAVI calls for young participants aged between 16- 25 coming from across Europe. The aim is to discuss and collect opinions, ideas and information. EAVI will be holding five additional focus group sessions to engage in dialogue with young people. Each session will host a [...]
Media Literacy Essential for Tackling COVID-19 Disinformation – Responding to the EC Communication
Press Release EAVI welcomes the recent Communication issued by the European Commission on how to tackle disinformation surrounding the COVID-19 global pandemic. Europe along with the rest of the world has not sufficiently braced itself against the current ‘infodemic’, the tidal wave of mis- and disinformation in the wake of COVID-19. Due to the novelty of the virus, it claims, gaps in knowledge amid a flood of information have created an ideal breeding ground for false and misleading narratives to spread. The Communication proposes new tools to fight disinformation, including further cooperation with [...]
Press Release: European Parliament Votes for Media Literacy
EAVI is pleased to announce that, following its long and tireless medial literacy for Citizenship Campaign, media literacy measures have been adopted by the European Parliament’s Committee for Culture and Education to put media literacy back into the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD).
