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EAVI HAS THREE OPEN POSITIONS! Work Model (remote/in-office/hybrid): Flexible | Commitment Type (full-time/part-time): Flexible Start Date and Duration: Flexible | Applications: Rolling admission About EAVI: EAVI, the European Association for Viewers Interests, is a leading international non-profit association working in the fields of media literacy and citizenship. Our offices are based in the EU Quarter, Brussels. For information about what we do, please check our website. If you are a continuing master's degree student or a graduate volunteer who is interested in media literacy and looking for some experience in the European Quarter, [...]
EAVI 2018 Conference Roundup
On 11 December 2018 in Brussels, EAVI hosted a conversation, the Art of Living with the Media. The aim of the day was to explore the future of media literacy and global citizenship, and to present a new perspective for media literacy with a new framework for the future, developed by EAVI. The format of the day was structured around this new concept with relevant content to further explain this new line of thinking. ''How can we use the media to connect to ourselves?'' - Paolo Celot The day began with opening remarks by EAVI’s Secretary [...]
Training of Trainers in the Balkans
EAVI’s Naomi Thompson was invited to take part in a regional programme on media and information literacy in the Balkans, under an EU funded project – “Media for Citizens – Citizens for Media” which aims to build the capacities of CSOs to advance media and information literacy in the Balkans. The project runs from 2018-2010 and is intended to reinforce civil society actions to impact media and information literacy policies in the region. The project is coordinated by the Foundation Media Centre in Sarajavo and runs in five countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania [...]
Media Literacy in the New Audiovisual Media Services Directive
The journey for the new Audiovisual Media Services Directive began in May 2016 when the European Commission first proposed its amendments. What followed was two years of intense negotiations between legislators. It wasn’t until June 2018 that a final draft was presented by the European Commission, and finally on the 3rd of October it was officially accepted, following their amendments, by the European Parliament. The acceptance of this new directive marks an important achievement for media literacy and for EAVI. Why? Because the first proposal from the European Commission did not mention media literacy in [...]
Addressing Disinformation? Less talk more action!
On 25th of September EAVI attended the conference ‘Addressing Disinformation: Anticipating threat, building Resilience and Fostering open dialogue’ at the European Parliament, organised by the International Republican Institute, the ECR Group and the EPP group. Scheduled in two panels, the discussion brought together several experts with various backgrounds to critically evaluate the phenomenon of disinformation, and to propose initiatives and measures to tackle it. Overall, what emerged from the discussion, was the shared recognition that the media landscape has extensively changed since the rise of the Internet and while this this poses great potential in [...]
EAVI Conducts Media Literacy Workshop at the Autistic Women’s Retreat 2018
On 22 September, EAVI attended the 2018 Autistic Women’s Retreat in Oxfordshire, UK to hold a workshop on media literacy for 15 participants – all autistic women from Britain, USA and Sweden. The workshop focused on media literacy concepts, and specific issues facing autistic women in their relationship with the media, both in terms of representation and participation. The workshop opened with an introduction to media literacy, using EAVI’s tried and tested six questions and three examples formula, three media messages were broken down and analysed by way of example. As the last media [...]
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 [...]
EAVI at OFCOM’s Adult Media Literacy Event
London 13 July, 2018 EAVI was lucky enough to be invited to attend UK digital watchdog, Ofcom's annual Adults' Media literacy Event in London. The event began with presentations by Jessica Rees, who explained Ofcom's adult media literacy tracker when looking at the digital divide - namely, those who are online and those who are not. The clearest indicators were those not just relating to socioeconomic group, but also age. Older respondents were more likely to not use computers for anything at all, and the reason most often cited? "It's not for people like [...]
My Experience as a Refugee at the European Parliament
On Wednesday, 20 June 2018, the European Internet Forum met at their ‘EIF breakfast: World Refugee Day: the role of the Internet and ICTs,’ at the European Parliament. On World Refugee Day, many events were held to discuss the important issues of refugees, the migrant flows to Europe, and the importance of social integration in new host countries. Based on EAVI’s past and current work surrounding media literacy and migrants, I had the fortune to attend, representing EAVI. As for my role here, I am currently responsible for the follow-up of our concluded MyStory project, [...]
Media Literacy Workshop for Brussels Interns
On Friday, 22 June 2018, EAVI hosted a media literacy workshop for interns in Brussels to introduce them to concepts of media literacy and fact checking. The workshop was attended by interns from Lie Detectors, Long Life Learning Platform, Culture Action Europe, AnySurfer and ULB, as well as EAVI’s new cohort of interns. The workshop began with a presentation from EAVI’s Secretary General, Paolo Celot. He explained the definitions and concepts of media literacy, and as an illustrative example of the impact media has on our democracy, spoke about the work of Elfa Ýr [...]
