From 24 to 31 October, the world marks Global Media and Information Literacy Week, an annual event first launched by UNESCO in 2011 as a way for organizations around the world to share ideas and explore innovative ways to promote Media and Information Literacy for all.
For this year’s theme — “The New Digital Frontiers of Information: Media and Information Literacy for Public Interest Information” — News Decoder presents a series of articles and a Decoder Dialogue webinar on different aspects of media literacy.
We launched this series 24 October with a look at an effort in Finland to make media literacy a core component of primary education. On 25 October we explored the concept of media framing and ways news can shape thought. On 29 October we will look at the role of artificial intelligence in disinformation with an article and a Decoder Dialogue: From Newsrooms to Classrooms: Real Talk About Artificial Intelligence at 18:00 CET, an online roundtable that will bring together experts and students from six countries to talk about fears and hopes for the new technology. We will end the series 30 October with a Decoder Replay of an article that looks at the ramifications of using labels to identify groups of people.
Today we present a collection of articles and media literacy resources to help you become a savvy media consumer.
