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Editorial Team Letters
Conference Conversations
People have found joy and rejuvenation in celebrating their work and learning form their counterparts from all over the world.
Media Literacy 2024: A Vibrant Summer in a Year of Excellence
The year 2024 was a remarkable one in the field of media literacy. This is an opinion that I substantiate by presenting seven key reasons.
Travel far enough, you meet yourself
Speaker after speaker shared their work and their passion for media and information literacy and its power to bring about a better world.
Inside This Edition:
Enhancing Trust in News through Digital and Media Education – Insights on Academic Initiatives
Cristina Nistor, Rareș Beuran
The challenges of implementing Media Literacy in a school in São Paulo
Daniela Baccheschi Pioli Pellossi
Interactive Media Education Model for High School Students in Croatia: Case Study of EDUbox
Igor Kanižaj, Stela Lechpammer
Quo vadis, media literacy? Notes from Latvia, Bulgaria and the USA
Liene Ločmele, Barbara Ruth Burke, Nadezhda Sotirova
Media Literacy is Contextual and Relational
Joanna Marshall
Conference Personal Reflections
Magic in the Mundane: Media Literacy Advocacy Advice from Carol Arcus
As Carol said, “media literacy activism mostly lies in the minutiae of to-do lists”. We need all types of activists.
Building Digital Immunity – Insights from DCN’s Conference in Finland
Insights gained from the conference will be instrumental in shaping many media literacy policies and practices worldwide.
Is media literacy dead? Challenging conversations for these digital times
In my personal response to the symposium, the discussions prompted a deep reflection of my assumptions of the concept of media literacy.
Warfare in the Disinformation Age
This new era of cyber, hybrid, and grey zone warfare is taking place across phones, tablets, and computers.
A Personal Journey at the 5th International Media Literacy Symposium: My Insights and Inspirations
It is clear that media literacy is essential for empowering people, and we must keep pushing for its importance in education and beyond.
IMLRS, June 2024 Azores, Portugal
Symposium participants kept highlighting these in their presentations on media literacy research: materiality, action, care and kinship.
Privileging materiality, action, care and kinship in critical media literacy education
Symposium participants kept highlighting these in their presentations on media literacy research: materiality, action, care and kinship.
The summer of Media Literacy Education
Two events during the summer will be marked as “the summer of media literacy” due to the abundance and quality of the debates.
Media Literacy Through Filmmaking: International Media Literacy Research Symposium 2024
I was able to immerse myself in the language and practice of media literacy among researchers and practitioners from all over the world.
Celebrating Achievement: Reflections on the International Media Literacy Award and Conference Experience
I am filled with gratitude and inspiration. The opportunity to present our research to a diverse and engaged audience was invaluable.
Change is Happening
I look back on this trip with such awe at the real work that is being done to make the world a more educated place.
Reflecting on Conversation
I found it so interesting that the AI generated voice over of President Biden fooled many people at the conference.
Current Issues
- Media and Information Literacy: Enriching the Teacher/Librarian Dialogue
- The International Media Literacy Research Symposium
- The Human-Algorithmic Question: A Media Literacy Education Exploration
- Education as Storytelling and the Implications for Media Literacy
- Ecomedia Literacy
- Conference Reflections