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MEDIA LITERACY IN A DIGITAL WORLD Resolution of the European Parliament MEP Christa Prets Media Literacy Conference Prague, 19th of March 2009

MEDIA LITERACY IN A DIGITAL WORLD Resolution of the European Parliament MEP Christa Prets Media Literacy Conference Prague, 19th of March 2009

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Page 1: MEDIA LITERACY IN A DIGITAL WORLD Resolution of the European Parliament MEP Christa Prets Media Literacy Conference Prague, 19th of March 2009

MEDIA LITERACY IN A DIGITAL WORLD

Resolution of the European Parliament

MEP Christa PretsMedia Literacy ConferencePrague, 19th of March 2009

Page 2: MEDIA LITERACY IN A DIGITAL WORLD Resolution of the European Parliament MEP Christa Prets Media Literacy Conference Prague, 19th of March 2009

MEDIA AS CHANCE

THE MEDIA

Offer opportunities to engage in worldwide communication

Adopt cosmopolitan attitudes Impart knowledge Advance the development of democracy

→ BUT: also entail a danger of greater manipulation

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MEDIA AS CHALLENGE

Rapid development of the information and communications sector (ICT)

Innovative technologies and mass media Rapid technological change Flood of information

→ Media Literacy: help people responding to these challenges and turning them into self-confident media users

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DEFINITION OF MEDIA LITERACY

Ability to use the media

Understand, and bring critical assessment to bear on, the various aspects of media as such and media content

Communicate, regardless of the context

Access to new information technologies

Discerning attitude to the content that they transmit

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RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Adoption of the resolution with vast majority in Strasbourg, December 2008

Resolution addresses a range of modern communication tools and types: television, film, video, radio, images, newspapers, magazines, music, computer games, Internet, advertising

Target groups = all media userschildren, young people, adults, older people, people with disabilities

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MAIN AIMS OF THE RESOLUTION

Giving access to information and communications technologies

Analysis, and a discerning attitude to, media content and the media culture, and independent thought,

Production of media texts by users themselves and security in the use of new technologies

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1) Giving access to information and communications technologies

Narrowing the digital divide between Member States, but also between town and country

Every citizen should have the possibility of using an inexpensive broadband connection

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2) Media education in schools and as a component of teacher training

MEDIA EDUCATION as an element of formal education as interdisciplinary approach combined with out-of-

school projects is a matter of particular importance in special

schools

TEACHER TRAINING Compulsory media education during teacher

trainings for all school levels Regular exchange of information and good

practices

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3) Media education for older people

Work has to be done at places where older people are to be found: old people‘s and nursing homes, assisted

living facilities, senior citizens‘ groups, …

Digital networks → important for the independence of older people

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CONCLUSIO: Outlook

Media Literacy has to be recognized as one of the key competences

Strengthening and promoting the topic on European Level

European Parliament urges the Commission to adopt a recommendation and develop an action plan on media literacy

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Thanks for your attention!