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The European Quest for Digital-Age Balance in Schools

EAVI — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:28:37 +0000

The integration of digital technology into schools – from interactive smart boards to individual student laptops and tablets – has become a global phenomenon, accelerated by recent years' need for remote learning. While proponents celebrate the potential of digital learning tools to enhance interactivity, collaboration, and equity, a growing backlash in many countries [...]

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The Threat of AI-Generated Disinformation to European Elections and Democracy

EAVI — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:32:01 +0000

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

EAVI — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:00:07 +0000

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

EAVI — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 15:21:12 +0000

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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Data Literacy in the Age of Datafication: A Package to Understand How Digital Technology Treats Us

EAVI — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 19:57:32 +0000

The complexity of technology, coupled with the emergence of datafication, presents new challenges for society to understand how the world works. Artificial intelligence and big data are just a few examples of the advanced technologies we have to deal with. However, both show the same trend, which is the increasingly important role of data [...]

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Using Media Literacy to Fight Digital Fake News in Later Life: A Mission Impossible?

EAVI — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:59:17 +0000

Media Literacy Training for Seniors to Fight Fake News The European Commission defines disinformation as “false or misleading content that is spread with an intention to deceive or secure economic or political gain,” whereas misinformation refers to the same kind of content shared without harmful intention, regardless of its consequences. Disinformation is commonly [...]

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Media in the global learning crises and pandemia

Prof. Tapio Varis — Mon, 31 May 2021 10:20:12 +0000

By Tapio Varis, Professor Emeritus To be published in 2021 by “Media. Information. Communication” (MIC), Moscow Pedagogical State University, http://mic.org.ru/en/ The world is facing serious socio-economic impact as the consequence of the pandemic. The global situation is also challenging the media and communication systems. The United Nations has warned of education catastrophe and [...]

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Mapping Media Literacy Across Europe

EAVI — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 14:21:20 +0000

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.

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Monitoring Media Pluralism and Media Literacy Across Europe, 2016

Paolo Celot — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:04:07 +0000

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

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