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House of Lords report – Failure to prioritise media literacy in the UK presents a risk to social cohesion and democracy
A report published by the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee has called for urgent action to improve media literacy among both children and adults. The report makes clear that media literacy must now be embedded across the national...
Ofcom commissioned report on barriers to identifying mis and disinformation
People face a range of barriers and challenges in identifying mis and dis information online, according to a new report by Verian, commissioned by Ofcom. Building on previous research and evidence in this area, the study – which reports findings...
Educating for a Challenging Future: Political Literacy for Scottish Schools
In October, Dr Huw Davies gave one of the most inspiring webinars I’ve attended. It wasn’t inspiring because Huw told the audience about good things. Far from it: he spoke about the damage the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories...
New MILCOP website launched
The Scotland’s Media and Information Literacy Community of Practice (MILCOP) have launched this new website to support the recently renamed community. This website will contain an archive of old posts from the previous Right Information website as well as news...
Ofcom Media Literacy Strategy
Ofcom has released its three-year media literacy strategy, outlining its focus under the Online Safety Act 2023. The strategy aims to increase public understanding of online safety and protection. The strategy emphasises that media literacy is a shared responsibility and...
Information, Political, Digital and Ethical Literacy in Education
CILIPS and other partners have been reaching out to engage with other work that could be linked to media and information literacy. Recently a very popular webinar was held with Dr Huw Davies, who is currently undertaking a project alongside...
Information Literacy Group and CILIP join forces to launch Media and Information Literacy Alliance
The Information Literacy Group and CILIP have announced a joint initiative to launch a new cross-sector Media and Information Literacy Alliance (http://www.mila.org.uk), with the aim of “helping people be happier, healthier, safer and better-informed in their online lives”. Chair of...
LIBRARIES ARE ESSENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Hello, We on the MDGS Committee have been asked to share details of the campaign that CILIPS are running in advance of the Scottish Parliament elections in May with our members and followers. This is about combatting misinformation, which is...
Digital Proxies Workshops – Centre for Social Informatics – Napier University
Registrations are now open for workshops on how information workers act as ‘digital proxies’. Digital proxies, for this research, are those who access online systems on behalf of others to help their clients – with their permission, possibly informally. For...
Digital inclusion in the UK – new report from Lloyds Bank
What does the Lloyds Bank UK Consumer Digital Index 2020 tell us about digital inclusion? Blog post from SCVO talking about the report which gives an overview of the digital inclusion landscape in the UK. Originally added by Fiona Laing