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Fake news and critical literacy in the digital age: sharing responsibility and addressing challenges

How can we tackle the ongoing challenge of so-called ‘fake news’? Gianfranco Polizzi, PhD Researcher in the Department of Media at Communications at LSE, argues that we all have a responsibility to learn critical literacy to help us better to evaluate information, both on- and offline, and here sets out the responsibilities held by the different actors involved.  Social inclusion and […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Journalists. 66 intimidations recorded by Ossigeno between February and March 2018

A further 128 probable episodes of unjustifiable attacks reported to the institutions and to other associations with the request to verify the validity of them This bimonthly summary of attacks on media workers in Italy is prepared by Ossigeno per l’Informazione for the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom in Leipzig with the support

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Journalists. 66 intimidations recorded by Ossigeno between February and March 2018

A further 128 probable episodes of unjustifiable attacks reported to the institutions and to other associations with the request to verify the validity of them This bimonthly summary of attacks on media workers in Italy is prepared by Ossigeno per l’Informazione for the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom in Leipzig with the support

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Italy. The most dangerous news from Ossigeno February-March 2018 28th April 2018

This bimonthly summary of attacks on media workers in Italy is compiled by Ossigeno per l’Informazione for the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) with the support of the European Union. Besides the bi-monthly statistics published separately (see here) below we present in summarized form twelve of the most important violations out of

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Italy. The most dangerous news from Ossigeno February-March 2018 28th April 2018

This bimonthly summary of attacks on media workers in Italy is compiled by Ossigeno per l’Informazione for the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) with the support of the European Union. Besides the bi-monthly statistics published separately (see here) below we present in summarized form twelve of the most important violations out of

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

The European Strategy for a Better Internet for Children

Professor Brian O’Neill is Director of Research, Enterprise and Innovation and Dean of the Graduate Research School at the Dublin Institute of Technology, and co-author of  the recently-published report The Better Internet for Kids Policy Map: Implementing the European Strategy for a Better Internet for Children in European Member States. This blog for the Media Policy Project provides a comprehensive survey of the […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Montenegro: journalist Olivera Lakić attacked

Olivera Lakić, investigative journalist from the Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti, was shot and wounded in front of her house, in the same place where she was beaten up six years ago. It's not easy to be a journalist in Montenegro

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Montenegro: journalist Olivera Lakić attacked

Olivera Lakić, investigative journalist from the Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti, was shot and wounded in front of her house, in the same place where she was beaten up six years ago. It's not easy to be a journalist in Montenegro

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Facebook revelations: With greater connectivity comes greater responsibility

There appears to be growing global consensus that internet platforms need to be better regulated following the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook revelations. But the how and what of such regulations still need to be considered and designed – especially in Africa. Policy advisor Anri van der Spuy reflects on some of the key issues. This blog was first published on the Daily […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Journalism is not a crime: protest against Erdoğan in London

British, Turkish and European groups joined forces to urge the UK government to raise the issue of press freedom and human rights with President Erdoğan who was in London to meet prime minister Theresa May. Media freedom campaigners protest. Photo: Andy McSmith The purge of critical media and opposition parties by the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan administration has left more than 150 journalists and media workers behind bars, amongst more than 50,000 intellectuals who have been arrested and subjected to show trials. Turkey is considered the biggest jail for journalists in the world. On Tuesday, 15 May, 2018, representatives of ECPMF partner Index on Censorship,…

Source: European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
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