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Understanding Film Appreciation: Resource Handbook

Jenith Sekar, Vikas Singh, Benedict Rajkumar, Magimai Pragasam

Signis Asia, Cinema Desk (2021), 138 pp.

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Mediennutzung in der Familie: Orientierung und Ideen für den digitalen Alltag

Düsseldorf: Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (2021), 38 pp.

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Rapport de capitalisation des activites EMI

Jeunesse Active, Médias Inclusifs, et Littératie Numérique (JAMIL); Association Tunisienne des Médias Alternatiffs (AFD) (2021), 44 pp.

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Georgia Country Report. Media Literacy Sector Mapping in Georgia, Latvia, Moldova and Ukraine

Riga: Baltic Centre for Media Excellence (BCME) (2021), 24 pp.

• The role of Media Literacy in resilience building is considered to be of pivotal importance, which is further stressed in the policy documents published within the last couple of years in Georgia. However, it is essential to underscore that the failure of achieving consensus on strategic approac ... hes between state and non-state actors remains the central obstacle towards enhancing the cooperation among the key stakeholders. Therefore, there is a need to create a cooperation format among governmental and non-governmental organisations that would ensure the elimination of mistrust, political neutrality and enhance the overall resilience level of the media consumers. • In order to define the target audience and evaluate the programmes carried out by various organisations, one requires comprehensive research focused on media consumption habits and the impact of media literacy programmes on beneficiaries. • Apart from evaluating the knowledge and skills that beneficiaries gain from media literacy projects, it is also essential to analyse the methodology that organisations use with different audiences to develop and refine their respective methodologies and tailor them better to diverse audiences. • The expertise of non-state actors with various resources needs to be utilised to achieve project sustainability and long-term results. In addition, these experiences should be incorporated into the formal academic processes. • Given the importance of media and digital literacy as transferable skills defined by the National Curriculum, there is a need to advance critical thinking from an early age, which by itself can be achieved by introducing media literacy as a compulsory subject in the school curricula. • Coming up with joint curricula-based assessment indicators and media and digital literacy definitions remains another essential priority since there is a lack of unified definitions among stakeholders. • Content diversification is crucial for Media outlets. This can be carried out by introducing MIL components not only in educational but entertainment content as well. • In the framework of preparing programmes intended to build the resilience of society, the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) should cooperate with non-state actors to promote media literacy initiatives and pay special attention to the most vulnerable groups, including ethnic minorities. • There is an evident coordination problem across donors that often choose overlapping regions and target audiences, thus neglecting some of the most vulnerable audiences. Hence, the local representatives of international organisations should cooperate on setting strategic priorities to optimise resources. • Donors should allocate more resources to conduct evaluations and facilitate the implementation of best practices on the ground." (Concluding remarks, pages 20-21) more

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News and How to Use It: What to Believe in a Fake News World

Alan Rusbridger

Edinburgh: Canongate Books (2021), 316 pp.

"People everywhere feel ever more alienated from - and mistrustful of - news and those who make it. We no longer seem to know who or what to believe. We are living through a crisis of "information chaos". 'News: And How to Use It' is a glossary for this bewildering age. From AI to bots, from climate ... more

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Media and Information Literacy and Fostering Global Citizenship

Sangsaeng, issue 56 (2021), pp. 9-32

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Practicing critical media literacy education with/for young migrants: Lessons learned from a participatory action research project

Hemmo Bruinenberg, Sanne Sprenger, Sanne Omerovic, Koen Leurs

International Communication Gazette, volume 83, issue 1 (2021), pp. 26-47

"To what extent can critical media literacy education acknowledge and strengthen young migrants’ resilience? In this article, we evaluate the Netherlands-based participatory action research project Critical media literacy through making media. Gathered empirical data include participant observatio ... more

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Media and Information Literacy: The Time to Act is Now!

Paris: UNESCO (2021), 12 pp.

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Media Literacy
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W. James Potter

Los Angeles et al.: Sage, 10th ed. (2021), xxiv, 477 pp.

"[This book] teaches students how to navigate through the overwhelming flood of information found in today’s media-saturated world. Drawing from thousands of media research studies, author W. James Potter explores key components to understanding the fascinating world of mass media. Potter presents ... more

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Understanding the link between a media and information literate citizenry and the (un)-safety of journalism

Silvia Chocarro, Jackie Harrison, Sara Torsner, Albana Shala

Paper Presented at the Academic Conference on the Safety of Journalists, World Press Freedom Conference 2020 (2020), 17 pp.

"The very basis for journalism to perform its societal role of enabling a well-informed citizenry through the factual reporting of news, grounded in professional standards of accuracy, sincerity and objectivity is that it is undertaken safely. Indeed, the ability of journalism to pursue what we here ... name a “civil role” (Harrison, 2019), which fosters solidarising inclusion among members of society in support of a shared communicative civil life, is conditioned by its inextricable relationship with a well-informed citizenry. Key to this relationship is a media and information literate public that is able, not only to critically evaluate media, but also has the capability to understand the societal value of journalism. This paper therefore argues that strategies to secure journalistic safety must consider how this relationship between journalism and a media and information literate citizenry is prone to attack by divisive anti-civil forces (e.g. from illegitimate state and market intrusion) that produce conditions of civil diminishment and un-safety for journalists (Harrison, 2019 and Torsner, 2019). This paper first develops a theoretical understanding of the link between a media and information literate citizenry and the (un)-safety of journalism. It establishes how journalistic safety is both positively linked to a media and information literate public that functions as a potential bulwark against attacks targeting journalism – forms of civil resistance, and negatively interlinked with a media and information illiterate citizenry that engenders hostility towards journalism. We conclude that strengthening the media and information literacy of society should be considered as a strategy to safeguard a free, independent and safe environment for journalism. Second, the paper uses empirical case studies to illustrate the role of citizens and communities of audiences in protecting journalism through expressions of solidarity that articulate an understanding of the societal value of journalism. Doing so the paper examines how a strong relationship of trust between journalism and communities of audiences, and between journalism and members of society, via media and information literacy, can serve to protect journalism in contexts where independent journalism is restricted and regularly attacked." (Abstract) more

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Seoul Declaration on Media and Information Literacy for Everyone and by Everyone: A Defence Against Disinfodemics

Seoul: UNESCO (2020), 3 pp.

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Media Literacy in a Disruptive Media Environment

William G. Christie, Belinha S. De Abreu (eds.)

New York: Routledge (2020), 338 pp.

"This book, part of the BEA Electronic Media Research Series, brings together top scholars researching media literacy and lays out the current state of the field in areas such as propaganda, news, participatory culture, representation, education, social/environmental justice, and civic engagement. T ... more

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Background Document: National Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Policies and Strategies in Albania

Albanian Media Institute; UNESCO (2020), 37 pp.

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Media and Information Literacy Index. Country Report Kenya

Dennis Reineck, Georg Materna, Luise Krumm

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2020), 27 pp.

"The young generation in Kenya rejects disinformative and hateful communication. When asked for their opinion on these matters in a representative survey, a majority of 15-25-year-olds evaluated them as “not to be trusted” and “not funny”. This is one of the most important results of DW Akad ... more

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Evaluation of UNESCO’s Work in the Thematic Area of Media and Information Literacy (MIL)

Paris: UNESCO (2020), 128 pp.

"Overall, this evaluation has shown that over the last biennia UNESCO has made significant achievements through its work in MIL and is holding the lead in this constantly evolving field that has gained increasing importance at the forefront of global and national agendas. It also revealed that MIL o ... more

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Media literacy for all: Supporting marginalised groups through community media

Martina Chapman, Nadia Bellardi, Helmut Peissl

Council of Europe (2020), 20 pp.

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Population Perception of the Media and Media Skills in the Republic of Moldova

USAID; UKAID; Internews; Magenta Consulting (2020), 159 pp.

"This report aims to assess the perception of the media and media skills among the citizens of the Republic of Moldova in 2020 and shows the dynamics compared to the first similar report conducted in 2018. This study assesses the extent to which media consumers can assess the quality media content, ... more

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Supporting Quality Journalism through Media and Information Literacy

Martina Chapman, Markus Oermann

Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2020), 66 pp.

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Wer will ich sein? Ethisches Lernen an TV- und Videospielserien sowie Let's Plays

Stefan Leisten

Marburg: Schüren (2020), 377 pp.

"Der vorliegende Band begründet ein kompetenz- und lerngruppenorientiertes Modell, mit dem ethische Lernprozesse anhand fiktiver Jugendfiguren aus narrativen TV- und Videospielserien sowie Let’s Plays konzipiert und initiiert werden können. Dabei werden die Begebenheiten des Lernorts, die Hetero ... more

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Media and Information Literacy Education in Asia: Exploration of Policies and Practices in Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines

Masato Kajimoto, Misako Ito, Ming-Kuok Lim (eds.)

Bangkok: UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific (2020), 75 pp.

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