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Media and Information Literacy

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2020), 13 pp.

"Media and Information Literacy (MIL) plays an essential role in helping people navigate the media. It helps them separate fact from fiction, exercise their right to access information and be active members of the media ecosystem. DW Akademie’s goal is to empower young people to be active and act ... 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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Media and Information Literacy Index. Country Report Namibia

Dennis Reineck

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2020), 25 pp.

"Young Namibians are embracing the digital transformation, according to indicative findings from the present MIL INDEX country study. Interestingly, the youths that took part in eight focus groups conducted at the end of 2018 in Windhoek and Rundu are immersed in digital communication but are aware ... of the ambivalent nature of the news and information sources they find on social media and related Internet services. The importance of a critical mindset when navigating the World Wide Web was stressed by the eight experts interviewed as part of the study. This MIL INDEX study addresses five dimensions of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) according to DW Akademie’s MIL model: access, analysis, reflection, creation, and action. The focus groups conducted for this study reveal that there is a rural/urban divide in terms of access and use of media. The more rural (and older) groups use radio and television on a regular basis, while the more urban (and younger) groups tend to regard traditional media as yesterday’s media. This shift is in line with the rise of social media. Information uptake is coincidental and journalistic content is intermingled with all sorts of trivia when consumed in social networks. Smartphones are regarded by many as a substitute for newspapers, radio, and television. Amongst those who continue using traditional media, radio is turned to more often for information while TV is regarded more as an entertainment medium. Considering analytical skills, there is a certain disenchantment of the Namibian youths with journalistic media, the reporting being considered not close enough to the interests and issues of the youth. But it was interesting to find that the focus group participants’ appraisal of media in terms of trustworthiness is the exact opposite of their consumption patterns. While the discussions documented frequent use of social media these are evaluated as least trustworthy, whereas newspapers are rated highly on the trustworthiness scale but were hardly ever read. There is an awareness of the ambivalent quality of news and information on social media, but the youths cannot always name sources they consider produce high-quality information. The results in the reflection dimension are ambivalent. The youths can recount numerous cases of cyberbullying and disinformation (“fake news”). But the accompanying survey shows that while they reject hate speech and disinformation, there is a certain willingness to accept cyberbullying as given. This is echoed in the focus groups where participants’ advice is often to ignore hateful messages, rather than do something about them. However, the groups do discuss many other strategies in coming to terms with and combatting cyberbullying and disinformation. Rarely do they reflect the motivations that lie behind such behavior. It was also interesting to note that disinformation is mainly discussed with regards to online rather than traditional media." (Executive summary) 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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News Literacy and Democracy

Seth Ashley

Routledge (2020), xi, 206 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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Media Education in Latin America

Julio-César Mateus, Pablo Andrada Sola, María Teresa Quiroz (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2020), xix, 282 pp.

"This book offers a systematic study of media education in Latin America. As spending on technological infrastructure in the region increases exponentially for educational purposes, and with national curriculums beginning to implement media related skills, this book makes a timely contribution to ne ... more

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Medienbildung in Schule und Unterricht: Grundlagen und Beispiele

Gerhard Tulodziecki, Bardo Herzog, Silke Grafe

Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 2., vollständig überarb. und aktual. Aufl. (2019), 399 pp.

"Die Medienlandschaft bietet mit ihren digitalen Grundlagen vielfältige Möglichkeiten der Information und des Lernens, der Analyse und der Simulation, der Unterhaltung und des Spiels, des Austausches und der Kooperation, der Inanspruchnahme von Dienstleistungen sowie der Steuerung und Kontrolle. D ... more

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L'éducation aux médias et à l'information (EMI): Slogan ou savoir-faire?

Etienne Récamier

Paris: L'Harmattan (2019), 181 pp.

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Understanding Media and Information Literacy (MIL) in the Digital Age: A Question of Democracy

Ulla Carlsson (ed.)

Göteborg: University of Gothenburg (2019), 266 pp.

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Critical Methodology of Media Literacy: A Kantian Analysis

Eun Ha Kim

Journal of Dharma, volume 44, issue 2 (2019), pp. 155-176

"The objective of trus study is to analyze critical methodology of media literacy presented by Center for Media Literacy (CML) and James Potter, and derive the meaning of reflection connoted in it. This study proposes three principles of reflection based on Kant' s concept of reflective judgment: lo ... more

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Media and Information Literacy: Non-Formal Education Guide for All Platforms

Nosa Owens-Ibie, Ifedolapo Ademosu, Abiodun Oyeleye (eds.)

Abuja: UNESCO (2019), 49 pp.

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Zooming in on Media and Information Literacy: A Survey-Based Typology of Young Media Users
Deep Insights

Dennis Reineck, Roland Schürhoff, Jan Lublinski

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2019), 19 pp.

"While global youth is often referred to as a fairly homogeneous generation of digital natives, data drawn from a survey in Jordan, Moldova, and Uganda suggests that this is not the case. Based on an instrument for measuring digital and news literacy, this paper presents a typology of five personae: ... more

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Libro blanco: Competencias mediáticas en Ecuador
Deep Insights

Diana Rivera-Rogel (coord.)

México, DF: Pearson; Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI); Alfamed (2019), 161 pp.

"Este libro realiza un análisis situacional de la alfabetización mediática en Ecuador, a su vez procura agrupar los principales resultados obtenidos a través de numerosos estudios en las regiones y ciudades del país donde se ha determinado el nivel de competencia mediática en varios grupos de ... more

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MIL Fun Game

Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) (2019), 1 p.

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Media and Information Literacy in Journalism: A Handbook for Journalists and Journalism Educators

Nozima Muratova, Alton Grizzle, Dilfuza Mirzakhmedova

Tashkent: UNESCO; Baktria Press; British Embassy (2019), 127 pp.

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Boosting immunity to disinformation: Ukrainian students better detect false information after teachers integrate media literacy into standard subjects

Mehri Druckman, Katya Vogt

Washington, DC: IREX (2019), 23 slides

"Students who received Learn to Discern (L2D) lessons performed better on all assessment tasks: identifying facts and opinions, false stories, hate speech, and demonstrated deeper knowledge of the news media sector. L2D students reported healthier media consumption habits and behavior and viewed cri ... more

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Content Analysis of the Reflection of Media Literacy in Communication Curricula of Select Nigerian Universities

Elizabeth Titilayo Aduloju

World of Media: Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies, issue 3 (2019), pp. 66-85

"This study analysed the media-literacy content in curricula of nine select universities in Africa’s most populous nation: Nigeria. Some key findings revealed that: (a) media-literacy courses proper were not on the curricula; (b) media-literacy-related courses, which stood as proxies, accounted fo ... more

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Punto de Encuentro (Signis ALC), volume 10, issue 130 (2019), pp. 3-33

Zooming in on Media and Information Literacy: A Survey-Based Typology of Young Media Users Deep Insights

Libro blanco: Competencias mediáticas en Ecuador Deep Insights

Zooming in on Media and Information Literacy: A Survey-Based Typology of Young Media Users
Deep Insights

Libro blanco: Competencias mediáticas en Ecuador
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