EDMO Ireland

EDMO Ireland and FuJo call for a deeper focus on media literacy in the new national strategy for education

04/02/202305/12/2024 EDMO Admin

News, Policy

EDMO Ireland and FuJo made a submission to the consultation on the national strategy for literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy that is being developed by the Department of Education and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The submission welcomes the inclusion of digital literacy in the proposed strategy as the previous strategy, which ran … Read More “EDMO Ireland and FuJo call for a deeper focus on media literacy in the new national strategy for education” »

New EDMO Ireland report on disinformation

03/02/202305/12/2024 EDMO Admin

News, Outreach

Last week, EDMO Ireland published a report on disinformation in Ireland. It was presented at a briefing session for Irish stakeholders and special guests, Alberto Rabbacin and Laura Smillie, from the European Commission. DISINFORMATION TRENDS The report provides an overview of disinformation trends in Ireland in terms of actors, narratives, and tactics. In light of … Read More “New EDMO Ireland report on disinformation” »

Paper on the Code of Practice on Disinformation at AOIR

20/12/202205/12/2024 EDMO Admin

News, Policy

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.

How the far right are misrepresenting Irish history

15/12/202217/02/2023 EDMO Admin

News

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 provides Irish analysis for the IRI Beacon Project

08/12/2022 EDMO Admin No Comments

News

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” »

Hubs of the European Digital Media Observatory now extend to the whole EU27

01/12/202217/02/2023 EDMO Admin

News

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” »

New paper examines effectiveness of various misinformation interventions

22/11/202217/02/2023 EDMO Admin

News

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” »

The regulation of online disinformation in Ireland

17/11/202217/02/2023 EDMO Admin

News

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” »

EDMO Ireland launches resources section

28/10/202217/02/2023 EDMO Admin

News

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” »

EDMO Ireland participates in European Media Literacy Week 2022

24/10/202217/02/2023 EDMO Admin

News

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” »