Building Digital Media Literacy Competencies in the Classroom: Becoming Digital Citizens
Over the past several years, the growing need for students to not simply consume media products and content, but also to be critical evaluators and ethical producers themselves, has been a primary focus of media literacy scholars and researchers. For this very reason, the module “Building Digital Media Literacy Competencies in the Classroom: Becoming Digital Citizens” from the Teachers 4.0 Digital Curriculum, was designed by EAVI - Media Literacy for Citizenship intending to equip learners with the indispensable toolkit to become responsible and critical digital citizens. Navigating today's digital world is becoming more complex, [...]
When Convenience Costs: AI Tools and the Decline of Critical Thinking
A recent study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab on the impact of ChatGPT on the human brain, published in June 2025, has not gone unnoticed by media professionals and media consumers – and that is rightly so. MIT neuroscientists conducted a study on 54 volunteer MIT undergraduates and postdoctoral researchers (aged 18 to 39), who were required to write essays with and without the assistance of ChatGPT to assess its influence on their neural activity (Belot, 2025). In order to meet this goal, they used EEG headsets that effectively measure [...]
Are We More Socially Awkward in the Age of Social Media?
- We are currently spending more than a quarter of waking hours online, amounting to a staggering 6 hours and 40 minutes online each day. A significant chunk of this time is spent fostering connections and sharing experiences through social media, globally accounting for 56.6%. Now it is easier than ever to connect across geographical boundaries, foster critical thinking, establish professional relations and simply keep in touch with friends you haven’t seen in a while. But how did the use of social media impact the way we interact with others when there is no [...]
Are you aware of your Digital Footprint?
Recently, EAVI and the European Digital Learning Network (DLEARN), in collaboration with Prof. Przemek Sękalski of the Technical University of Lodz, worked together in developing an EU survey that analyses citizens awareness regarding their digital footprint. The survey aims to analyse how much control participants exercise over this digital footprint and how much control they wish they could have as well are looking at the safety aspects they would like to see in place in the future! The aim is to study the results to highlight potential areas in education and training that could be [...]
Online Shopping – A Cautionary Tale in Four Letters
This week, our very own communications officer demonstrated the necessity of paying attention when ordering online. We give to you this rollercoaster of events in four emails. To: Customer Service 00.14AM 29 August 2018 Dear sir I recently ordered a package from [Retailer]. It was to be delivered by [Courier] this evening. The [Courier] parcel tracker service tells me that a delivery attempt was made this evening. However, I have been in all evening, working at my computer, at a window which faces out onto the road, in silence, and with my dog beside me. [...]
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 will now review once again in September. While the debate surrounding copyright continues to unfold, let’s take a moment to look at the main arguments in this controversial debate. The right of communication to the public under Article 3(1) of the Information Society Directive has been subject to many reviews and over time it has become increasingly complex but hugely [...]
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 Lecture on Innovative Communication Strategies, Rome
In October La Sapienza University in Rome organised a school on innovative communication strategies. In a two-hour lecture, EAVI Secretary General Paolo Celot illustrated the European policies for communication and digital skills.
