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EDMO Researchers Kirsty Park and Eileen Culloty delivered a presentation titled Beyond Performative Transparency: Lessons Learned from the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference in Dublin in October 2022. You can view more details about the presentation at https://spir.aoir.org/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/13067.
An analysis by EDMO Ireland Disinformation Lead, Kirsty Park and Prof. James Kelly of DCU School of History and Geography in RTE Brainstorm shows the use of the term ‘plantation’ by far right groups in Ireland is a localised effort to peddle misinformation and racism. A number of protests outside buildings designated as temporary housing for … Read More “How the far right are misrepresenting Irish history” »
EDMO Ireland is contributing analysis to the IRI Beacon Project. The project analyses the potential of hostile narratives to erode support for Ukraine in order to help policymakers understand the communications landscape and potential challenges. The monthly briefing assesses the most popular social media posts relating to sanctions on Russia, refugees, and NATO and provides … Read More “EDMO Ireland provides Irish analysis for the IRI Beacon Project” »
Six new hubs, each one covering one or more Member States, will become part of the European Digital Media Observatory to contribute to the fight against disinformation across Europe. Together with the current eight hubs already in place since 2021, they will expand coverage of the EDMO network to 100% of the EU population. The … Read More “Hubs of the European Digital Media Observatory now extend to the whole EU27” »
Developing effective interventions to counter misinformation is an urgent goal, but it also presents conceptual, empirical, and practical difficulties. A new journal article in European Psychologist, co-authored by Jon Roozenbeek from the University of Cambridge and EDMO researchers Eileen Culloty and Jane Suiter reviews over 170 published papers to provide insight on the effectiveness of … Read More “New paper examines effectiveness of various misinformation interventions” »
EDMO has established a monitoring exercise to understand the response of different countries to the regulation of online disinformation. Countries are profiled across nine areas. Ireland is in the middle of a significant change in media regulation as the Irish regulator, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), is currently in the middle of a three-year … Read More “The regulation of online disinformation in Ireland” »
To mark the end of Media Literacy Week, EDMO Ireland has launched a dedicated resources page with links to hand-picked sources relating to misinformation, disinformation, and media literacy both in Ireland and internationally. The resources page includes Irish organisations and Irish-specific research, general research and reports around disinformation, resources for teaching media literacy to others, … Read More “EDMO Ireland launches resources section” »
This week marks European Media Literacy Week 2022 and EDMO Ireland is involved in a number of initiatives throughout the week to help promote media literacy. On Monday 24th, Webwise launched a new audio series ‘Casting the Net’ which features an interview with Susan Daly, Managing Editor of Journal Media whose FactCheck unit is one … Read More “EDMO Ireland participates in European Media Literacy Week 2022” »
The European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, invited representatives from EDMO Ireland and DCU’s FuJo Institute for a meeting to discuss EDMO’s actions to combat disinformation in Ireland as well as the proposed European Media Freedom Act and the Strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation. The Vice-President and her team met with … Read More “EC Vice-President Věra Jourová meets with EDMO representatives on Ireland visit” »
EDMO Ireland hosted a study delegation from New Zealand at the School of Communications in DCU to discuss research and findings in the areas of online safety, disinformation, media regulation and media literacy. The delegation was led by Jan Tinetti MP and Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister for Women and Associate Minister of Education in … Read More “EDMO Ireland meets with New Zealand delegation to discuss research” »
