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 [...]
Pay Attention to Distractions by Paolo Celot
Pay Attention to Distractions Transcript of Paolo's Impulse Speech Council of Europe 4th Platform Exchange on Digitisation and Culture, Karlsruhe, 19-20 October 2017 “Good afternoon, I was ready to talk about media literacy. I prepared a presentation with slides, it was linear and clear. But also, a bit predictable and possibly boring. But in light of this morning’s exchanges, and because of the conversation I have had with Jaroslav at the table, I changed my mind. You can still find tons of information about media literacy on our web site. I will talk about a different [...]
