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As the 2024 European Parliament elections approach, millions of Europeans will play a crucial role in shaping the future of European democracy by voting. At the same time, widespread disinformation campaigns intended to undermine the electoral process have been detected across the EU. In response to this pressing challenge, EDMO and the EDMO Hubs launched … Read More “New EDMO campaign: Be Election Smart” »
Since early October, EDMO Ireland and Media Literacy Ireland have joined forces to deliver a series of webinars and training sessions to promote media literacy concepts and practices across the country, especially in relation to best practices to analyse and evaluate the information we come across daily. As part of this initiative, EDMO Ireland developed … Read More “BE MEDIA SMART COMMUNITY TRAINING PROGRAMME: A SUMMARY” »
The Workshop in Box, a media literacy resource developed by EDMO Ireland for the national Be Media Smart campaign, has recently got an Irish version that is available on the Media Literacy Ireland website. The translation was organized by An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG), a government body linked to the Department of … Read More “Expanding the reach of EDMO Ireland’s Workshop in a Box” »
The New Be Media Smart national campaign officially started on the 24th of October and it encourages people across Ireland to ‘Stop, Think, Check’ when they encounter information. Coordinated by Media Literacy Ireland and supported by a wide range of members, the campaign aims to raise awareness of the disinformation problem among the population and provide … Read More “EDMO Ireland partners with Media Literacy Ireland to provide training, webinars and promote media literacy during the Be Media Smart Campaign.” »
EDMO Ireland is pleased to partner with Media Literacy Ireland in a series of Media Literacy training workshops for community leaders, coaches, teachers and librarians. In today’s media environment, it is very important that individuals have access to good-quality information to make well-informed choices, but unfortunately, not all information has the same value, accuracy, or reliability. Therefore, … Read More “Media Literacy training opportunities in September 2023” »
EDMO Ireland and FuJo made a submission to the public consultation on the Junior Cycle Digital Media Literacy Short Course that was organized by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. The development of the DML short course has been one of the most significant achievements for media literacy education in the Irish educational system and this … Read More “EDMO Ireland and FuJo submission to the public consultation on the Junior Cycle Digital Media Literacy Short Course” »
EDMO Ireland’s media literacy coordinator, Ricardo Castellini da Silva, spoke to RTÉ Brainstorm about fake viral images. After a fake image of Pope Francis in a white puffer jacket went viral, RTÉ Brainstorm wonder what the future holds for judging the veracity of digital images. DCU Professor Alan Smeaton explained that the image was successful … Read More “Why it’s so easy to fall for fake AI images” »
Trust levels in media remain relatively high in Ireland compared to other countries, according to the 2022 Reuters Institute Digital News Report, with 52% of those surveyed trusting news overall. 83% of people get news online each week, and 51% via social media. Internet user skills in Ireland are significantly above the EU average, according to the … Read More “Ireland Media Literacy Country Profile” »
