UNITED NATIONS ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Media and Information Literacy www.milunesco.unaoc.org

MEDIA AND INFORMATION

LITERACY:Creative, ethical,

critical thinking skills to break

the vicious circle

Perception

Beliefs

Policy Opinion

ReinforcesStereotypes

Media

“The computer merely takes a finite amount of data and performs a finite number of operations upon them.”Isaac Asimov

“The real issue implied in art and technology is not to make another scientific toy, but how to humanize the technology and the electronic medium”

Nam June Paik

emotions

a global competition co-organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations,

the Learning Games Network, and the MIT Education Arcade in search of mobile apps and games that can enable

new avenues for intercultural dialogue

BUILD UP

an initiative from

unaoc.org/peaceapp

Jordi Torrentjordit@unops.org