Publication
Navigating the infodemic with MIL
ISBN : 978-92-3-100584-8
Collation : 284 pages
Research conducted by Public Defender’s Office
need knowledge about media and technology
What is Media and Information Literacy (MIL) and how to use it to foster citizenship during the pandemic and afterwards, to fight disinformation? This book answers this question based on the papers of the First Digital Literacy and Citizenship Conference in Times of Disinformation and Pandemic, held by UNESCO and the Public Defender’s Office in Argentina.
It may be of interest to educators, researchers, students, governments, entrepreneurs, startups, journalists, communicators, influencers, artists as well as ordinary citizens.
The Public Defender’s Office conducted research involving teachers that revealed that:
- 93% use digital devices in the classroom;
- 83% need knowledge about media and technology; and
- more than 70% state that their students can only partially identify fake news.
This publication stresses the need to increase the research budget and to improve teacher training, as well as the urgency to work with the new digital technology companies. It presents Media and Information Literacy as an autonomous field, focusing on the institutionalization of MIL policies and the requirement for assessment criteria. The publication highlights the need to work with all diversities and transcend cultural barriers imposed by gender, age, etc. It also shows the theoretical bases, policies, strategies and experiences carried out in Argentina and other countries to solve these challenges.
