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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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Moldova. Media and Information Literacy Policy and Action Proposal Paper

Angela Vacaru

Riga: Baltic Centre for Media Excellence (BCME) (2021), 8 pp.

"The Moldovan Independent Journalism Centre (IJC) in cooperation with Baltic Center for Media Excellence (BCME) undertaken in August-November 2021, the research "Comprehensive approach and advancement of media and information literacy in Moldova". This Media Literacy policy and action proposal paper ... more

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

Solvita Denisa-Liepniece et al.

Riga: Baltic Centre for Media Excellence (BCME) (2021), 30 pp.

"• A holistic approach is needed. Media literacy goes far beyond media, education and culture. It should become an essential part of everyday life, taking appropriate forms to attract, to connect and to activate responsible decision making. The recent trending issues are digitalisation (before 201 ... 3), focus on disinformation (and mixing it up with “fake news”) after 2016, as well as (dis)trust due to the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic after 2020. Today the focus is on how the issues related to data transparency, new gadgets and wearable technology, are changing the media landscape and media consumption. • Developing internal and external factors, related to media literacy, shows that some changes are here to stay. Adaptability to new agendas, tools, techniques is a must for the area. The challenges and known and emerging threats connected to media literacy emphasise the necessity for a holistic approach within a society. • Strategic strengthening of collaboration should be considered by the stakeholders. There is discord regarding who should do what, as functions in legislation and other regulating documents are very general. Clearly defined responsibilities for formal networking with clear timelines, as well as ad-hoc informal networking should be considered. • Financial sustainability and media literacy focused institutions. The media literacy initiatives are un26 derfunded by the state. It is mainly international donors who are setting the agenda. For instance, newly identified needs such as projects for marginalised parts of society or those tired from the news do not get the appropriate response from the community of media literacy actors. Those actors, who occasionally deliver projects on media literacy, are mostly busy with other projects. • Future-oriented media literacy. Behaviour prediction and redirection of the audience, connected to data collection and events, are topical issues for political and business purposes. The issue is connected to the emerging military technologies of influence (Kania, 2020; Tullis, 2019), means that activities related to increasing resilience and adaptability should continue. There is a need on a national level to encourage capacity building and informing media literacy stakeholders on prospective topics to be included. • While mentioning the external factors, some experts said media education should be considered essential without the need to connect to external actors, and to be part of any informed decision making centric and human centric process, taking it out of the political scope. • Solutions cannot be just Top-Down or Bottom-Up, as the skills and knowledge needed should be interconnected with issues relevant for the society. Motivation and engagement of the fragmented audiences, by promoting media literacy and quality journalism is essential for making a strong, responsible and sustainable country. There will be a growing need for very precise and different types of media literacy initiatives (in scope, format, and nature) in society. • Evidence based media literacy should be appropriately funded. The networking needed for increasing research should be considered a priority for cross-sectoral cooperation." (Concluding remarks, pages 25-26) more

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Media Literacy Index 2021. Double Trouble: Resilience to Fake News at the Time of Covid-19 Infodemic

Marin Lessenski

Sofia: Open Society Institute-Sofia; European Policies Initiative (2021), 14 pp.

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

Riga: Baltic Centre for Media Excellence (BCME) (2021), 32 pp.

"• There is a significant and diverse amount of media literacy resources, format of activities and media literacy initiatives being produced in Moldova in the preceding years, that consolidated a pool of national experts in the media literacy related field of expertise. A major part of these resul ... ts was made possible mainly due to civil society organisations initiatives and efforts, supported by donor community. • Mainly international donors and CSOs are setting the media literacy agenda since no state funding is available for these kinds of initiatives. The relevant state institutions should start gradually to take over the responsibility and lead in media literacy directions relevant to their areas of competencies. Besides taking the role as official partners of civil society driven initiatives, they should become initiators, proactive implementers and allocate budgets for this state level priority. • The government should initiate the development of a national policy or strategy on media literacy, that would establish the priority areas of actions and cross-sectoral roles and responsibilities distribution among government, parliament, civil society, media sector and donor community. They should also set up a functional coordination and implementation mechanism and ensure financial support. • The relevant state institutions should evaluate the national legislation and practices on fighting media disinformation, fake news, external propaganda etc. and adopt the required legislative amendments. They should build efficient mechanisms for operational and appropriate responses of public institutions. • National level surveys and research on media literacy are required to be conducted based on rigorous and national representative methodology to evaluate the media literacy dynamics, existing threats and gaps that needs to be addressed on regular basis. The current shortage of such data is a significant challenge for developing evidence based strategies and policies, but also for measuring the overall impact of all invested efforts and funding, and a barrier in identifying the best approaches in addressing different media literacy gaps. • Media literacy initiatives and projects should allocate budgets for results and impact monitoring and evaluation and donors encourage and assign sufficient funds to cover these costs. They are crucial to generate evidence-based information regarding the extent of results achieved, and the data for the most efficient media literacy formats for a specific target audience etc. • Donors should continue their support, aiming to strengthen the capacity of the independent media, national and regional, broadcasting in Romanian and ethnic minorities languages, through granting long-term institutional support (as opposed to project-based) to ensure people access to a diversity of objective information." (Concluding remarks, page 29) more

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Lineamientos generales para una propuesta de medios en la escuela

Patricia Rodríguez

Buenos Aires: Ministerio de Educación de la Nación (2021), 27 pp.

"Los medios escolares son espacios socioeducativos que no solo ayudan a enriquecer las trayectorias educativas de las y los jóvenes que los transitan, sino que también posibilitan la ampliación de experiencias de aprendizaje que trascienden el aula. Un estudio de grabación, un control de radio, ... more

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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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ICT Use for Teaching Media Literacy: A Closer Look at the Relationships Between Teaching with and Teaching about Media

Priscila Berger

Media Literacy and Academic Research, volume 4, issue 2 (2021), pp. 6-24

"Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are often considered crucial for teaching media and information literacy (MIL). However, there is a wide variety in educational media, and there are different competence areas in MIL. Thus, the idea that using any ICT can facilitate the fostering of ... 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 Literacy Sector Mapping in Georgia, Latvia, Moldova and Ukraine: General Overview and Recommendations

Baltic Centre for Media Excellence (2021), 12 pp.

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Media and Information Literacy: A Critical Response to the Challenge of „Infodemic" in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era in Nigeria

Elizabeth Titilayo Aduloju

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, volume 5, issue 7 (2021), 24 pp.

"Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa is not left out in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak that continues to ravage the entire universe. The deadly virus as of 26th June 2021 has infected more than 181.3 million people and killed over 3.9 million people globally. In Nigeria alone, it h ... more

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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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Currículum Alfamed de formación de profesores en educación mediática: MIL (Media and Information Literacy) en la era pos-COVID-19

Ignacio Aguaded, Daniela Jaramillo-Dent, Águeda Delgado-Ponce (coords.)

Barcelona: Octaedro; Alfamed (2021), 196 pp.

"Este currículum sigue y actualiza la estela del Currículum para profesores sobre alfabetización mediática e informacional de la Unesco (2011). Se trata de un compendio centrado en el profesorado y concretado para la integración en el sistema formal, llegando finalmente estas enseñanzas, de un ... more

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Postdigital: Medienkritik im 21. Jahrhundert

Peter Schmitt

Hamburg: Meiner (2021), 175 pp.

"Die völlige Computerisierung der Lebenswelt entwickelt eine geradezu mahlstromartige Dynamik. Massenhaft sind die Köpfe über die Bildschirme gesenkt und starren auf vereinheitlichten Geräten auf die überall gleichen Apps. Von informationeller Autonomie kann keine Rede sein, dafür umso mehr vo ... more

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

Paris: UNESCO (2021), 12 pp.

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2019 Media Consumption and Media and Information Literacy Survey in the Countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)

Internews; USAID (2021), 38 pp.

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Media and Information Literacy: A Practical Guidebook for Trainers
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Sylvia Braesel, Thorsten Karg

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie, 3rd ed. (2021), 237 pp.

"The authors have updated, expanded and partly completely rewritten the texts. They attached particular importance to presenting the contents in a way that is as easy to understand as possible. For this purpose, they were able to draw on their experiences and observations in many Media and Informati ... more

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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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21st-Century Readers: Developing Literacy Skills in a Digital World

PISA

Paris: OECD (2021), 213 pp.

"Digital technologies have enabled the spread of all kinds of information, displacing traditional formats of usually more carefully curated information such as encyclopaedias and newspapers. The massive information flow of the digital era demands that readers be able to distinguish between fact and ... more

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Alfabetización mediática e informacional: Una guía práctica de capacitación
Key Guides

Sylvia Braesel, Thorsten Karg

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie, 3rd ed. (2021), 241 pp.

"Hay una variedad de estrategias y enfoques que se pueden aplicar para enseñar a la Alfabetización mediática e informacional (AMI), los cuales se centran en el conocimiento, la actitud y las habilidades. Por supuesto, las y los capacitadores están en la libertad de modificar las metodologías pr ... more

Media and Information Literacy: A Practical Guidebook for Trainers Key Guides

Alfabetización mediática e informacional: Una guía práctica de capacitación Key Guides

Media and Information Literacy: A Practical Guidebook for Trainers
Key Guides

Alfabetización mediática e informacional: Una guía práctica de capacitación
Key Guides