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Media Literacy, Disinformation & Misinformation in the Caribbean

Public Media Alliance;UNESCO;Media Institute of the Caribbean;Association of Caribbean Media Workers (2022), 78 pp.
"This situation report herein analyses media and information literacy (MIL), disinformation, and trust in news across the Caribbean. It contains country reports from eight researchers, covering eight Caribbean nations: the Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago. In each country, research was undertaken over a period of five months. The methods varied across the countries, and included surveys, desk research, and expert interviews. Separately, research was undertaken to determine the feasibility of a regional trusted news network." (Executive summary)
The Bahamas / Anna Paolini, 13
Barbados / Ava Turnquest, 17
Grenada / Esther Jones, 23
Guyana / Linda Straker, 29
Jamaica / Nazima Raghubir, 34
St Vincent & the Grenadines / Corinne Barnes, 39
Suriname / Harvey Panka, 45
Trinidad & Tobago / Kiran Maharaj, 50
Surveying the need for a Caribbean public interest media initiative / Denis Chabrol, 55