Media Literacy in Europe
The European Audiovisual Observatory publishes major new study – free to download here.
Media literacy – our capacity to access, have a critical understanding of and interact with the media - has never been as important as today. It seems that every day, some “fake news” sets the internet alight, only to be revealed later as a hoax. In the era of #badbuzz we are literally swimming in a sea of information, advertising and just plain fiction. So what is Europe doing to encourage our media literacy? What measures are being taken at national and European levels to foster our critical appreciation and understanding of the mass media? The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has just published a brand new study. Download it here: Mapping of media literacy practices and actions in EU-28. Maja Cappello, Head of our Department for Legal Information talks about this new report here.
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