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Digital Literacy: A Review of Literature

Reddy, Pritika, Bibhya Sharma, Kaylash Chaudhary

International Journal of Technoethics, volume 11, issue 2 (2020), pp. 65-94

"Information and communication technologies (ICT) along with the internet have fueled advancements and growth in banking, transportation, economics, and most of all in education in the 21st century. The 21st century citizens are provided with new opportunities that have been created with the advance ... more

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Do you Speak MIL? Media and Information Literacy: A Handbook for Jordanian CSOs

Milica Pesic, Lucien Michael Steinberg, Anoud Al-Zou’bi

Amman: UNESCO; United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (2020), 124 pp.

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Bonn; Berlin: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) (2020), 168 pp.

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Digital education action plan 2021-2027: Resetting education and training for the digital age

European Union (2020), 2 pp.

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Connected: An Introduction to Digital Media Literacy. Junior Cycle

Webwise Initiative; Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) (2020), 99 pp.

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Media Literacy Smartphone

P. Steager, R. Hobbs

Providence, RI: Media Education Lab (2020), 7 pp.

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Media Literacy Toolbox

Waltham: Education Development Center (2020), 63 pp.

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Supporting Quality Journalism through Media and Information Literacy

Martina Chapman, Markus Oermann

Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2020), 66 pp.

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Media and Information Literacy Index. Country Report Côte D’Ivoire

Luise Krumm, Dennis Reineck

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2020), 27 pp.

"Young Ivorians are adept at using digital media. They are creative when it comes to using digital media and many have developed strategies to cope with media malpractices such as cyberbullying or hate speech. These are two significant, indicative findings from the present MIL INDEX country study. B ... oth seem very impressive considering the challenges of high illiteracy rates and the strongly politicized national media landscape in Côte d’Ivoire. The results of the study are drawn from eight focus groups conducted in the beginning of 2019 in Abidjan and Bouaké and interviews with eight local experts. They confirm that young people are very good at using and creating content on social media but urgently need better critical, analytical, and reflective skills. This MIL INDEX study is aimed at obtaining a concise picture of media- and information-related skills amongst youths under the age of 35 in Côte d’Ivoire. It addresses five dimensions of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) according to DW Akademie’s MIL model: access, analysis, reflection, creation, and action. In terms of access the focus groups conducted for this study reveal that young urban and semi-urban Ivorians use a variety of different media for purposes such as consuming information, communication, entertainment, education, or business information. Digital media, particularly social media platforms and instant messengers, are the most used and most popular among this age group and are generally preferred over traditional media. Nonetheless, radio and television are still valued for their auditory and visual input which are significant characteristics considering the high illiteracy rates of about 40,4 % present in Côte d’Ivoire (UIS, 2018). A divide between more urban and more rural regions is visible in the case of radio programs, which are more popular in more rural settings. The focus groups suggest this is due to the fact that local radio stations are often the only media which provide news relevant to more remote areas. Most other media show a tendency to focus only on news from the capital. Printed media are widely regarded as too costly and outdated by Ivorian youths. The results of the analysis dimension indicate that most focus group participants possess a good digital and media knowledge while at the same time many lack awareness of their rights to freedom of expression and access to information. Striking was that youths generally consider content provided by traditional media to be more trustworthy, but mainly consume social media content. This and often very loose definitions of what media quality means showed that there is still room for improvement when it comes to the young people’s analytical skills. Overall, urbanites seem to question the trustworthiness of media content slightly more than youths from more rural regions. Results from the reflection dimension confirm that Ivorian youths are constantly exposed to malevolent forms of communication and media malpractices such as cyberbullying, hate speech, sexual harassment, and disinformation. Most young people show strong abilities when it comes to recognizing media problems and using prevention or coping strategies to handle them. Exceptions are politically motivated disinformation and biased reporting which are taken as normal in the Ivorian context. Due to this tendency towards normalization only very few young people reflect critically upon this media malpractice. Reflection on a deeper level such as on the impact of media messages or motivations of news outlets is often missing among young people." (Executive summary) more

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Online media literacy in Europe: Demand for training is going unmet

Google; Ipsos MORI (2020), 2 pp.

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Online media literacy - rest of the world: Demand for training is going unmet

Google; Ipsos MORI (2020), 2 pp.

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A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the United States and India

Andrew M. Guessa, Michael Lernerb, Benjamin Lyonsd, Jacob M. Montgomerye, Brendan Nyhanf, Jason Reiflerg, Neelanjan Sircarh

PNAS, volume 117, issue 27 (2020), 10 pp.

"Using data from preregistered survey experiments conducted around recent elections in the United States and India, we assess the effectiveness of an intervention modeled closely on the world’s largest media literacy campaign, which provided “tips” on how to spot false news to people in 14 cou ... more

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Acciones ciudadanas para verificar información

Maria Ugenia Morales, Carmen Inojosa, Erik Mayora, Joselis Gonzales

Caracas: Espacio Público (2020), 29 pp.

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Tips for Young People: Staying Safe Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic

UNICEF (2020), 6 pp.

"Here are some practical steps you can follow to keep yourself safer during this period and improve the time that you and your family have both online and offline: 1. It is important to check your privacy settings on ALL of your social media accounts and know how to set your accounts to private or t ... more

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Por el uso seguro de internet para niños, niñas y adolescentes: Guía para familias acompañando a niños, niños y adolescentes en el uso seguro y responsable de las TRIC

Alejandra Pascual Franch, Selma Fernández Vergara et al.

Madrid: FAPMI-ECPAT (2020), 25 pp.

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Perceptions of cyber bullying in primary and secondary schools among student teachers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Liezel Cilliers, Willie Chinyamurindi

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), volume 86, issue 4: e12131 (2020), 10 pp.

"Cyber bullying has become a topical issue among school learners in South Africa. However, there is very little guidance for schools on how to deal with cyber bullying from the South African Department of Basic Education. This study investigated the perceptions of cyber bullying in primary and secon ... more

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Media and Information Literacy Index. Country Report Kenya

Dennis Reineck, Georg Materna, Luise Krumm

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2020), 27 pp.

"The young generation in Kenya rejects disinformative and hateful communication. When asked for their opinion on these matters in a representative survey, a majority of 15-25-year-olds evaluated them as “not to be trusted” and “not funny”. This is one of the most important results of DW Akad ... more

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News Literacy and Democracy

Seth Ashley

Routledge (2020), xi, 206 pp.

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Digital Financial Services Consumer Competency Framework

Vijay Mauree, Jami Solli

Geneva: ITU; Financial Inclusion Global Initiative (FIGI) (2020), 27 pp.

"The DFS Consumer Competency Framework identifies the knowledge, skills and attitudes consumers need to participate actively, safely and have trust in the digital financial services ecosystem. The DFS Consumer Competency Framework is intended for use by public authorities, regulators, DFS providers ... more

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Verstehen, was ist: Auf dem Weg in die nachrichtenkompetente Gesellschaft

Anna-Katharina Meßmer, Alexander Sängerlaub

Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (2020), 80 pp.

"In den digitalen Debattenräumen führt die Möglichkeit, dass heute jede:r selbst senden und publizieren kann, zu zahlreichen Herausforderungen. Dies zeigt sich vor allem in der Überfülle zahlreicher gleichzeitiger, teilweise widersprüchlicher privater und öffentlicher, journalistischer, wisse ... more

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