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29 Aug 2019, 4:01 am
Yet many law professors overestimate students’ reading ability; “they assume that students’ post-college literacy skills include the ability to read and comprehend complex legal opinions” and “view their roles as refining— rather than introducing—these skills. [read post]
21 Aug 2019, 6:00 am
Lastly, events of this nature should push forward the conversation about digital literacy and the portrayal of such issues in the media. [read post]
19 Aug 2019, 1:01 pm
" There was no official endorsement of their trip, which has now drawn objections from rank-and-file teachers. [read post]
28 Jul 2019, 9:21 am
The ability of social media to spread information as fast as possible, and to as many people as possible, challenges literacy, as does the ability to manipulate images, sounds, and video with ease. [read post]
25 Jul 2019, 11:00 am
Events and legislations in the recent past have kept this area in the limelight thanks to the media coverage and some significant legal pronouncements. [read post]
20 Jul 2019, 3:59 pm
One obvious reason is that the country has a high adult literacy, without a comparably high media literacy, which is measured by the degree to which the media consumed is questioned or engaged with critically. [read post]
Full video & slidedeck of lecture: From Christchurch to Sri Lanka – The curious case of social media
24 Jun 2019, 4:01 pm
Sanjana then went on to explain the dangerous consequences of ‘context conflation’ in a country or context with very high adult literacy and very poor media literacy. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 4:00 pm
Far more than the technology, Sanjana focussed on the operational logic(s) of dialogues in complex media ecosystems that were pegged to language, manner of expression, context, media literacy and a range of other factors. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 3:51 pm
Social media is evolving and society needs to figure out how these tools should be used now and in the future. [read post]
10 May 2019, 9:24 am
National/Federal A Lawsuit About Trump and the NRA Could Upend How the Government Polices Campaign FinanceMother Jones – Nihal Krishan | Published: 5/1/2019 A lawsuit involving the National Rifle Association (NRA) is poised to act as a major test for the FEC chairperson’s new strategy to force the agency to take more aggressive action to police campaign finance law. [read post]
10 May 2019, 3:01 am
National/Federal A Lawsuit About Trump and the NRA Could Upend How the Government Polices Campaign Finance Mother Jones – Nihal Krishan | Published: 5/1/2019 A lawsuit involving the National Rifle Association (NRA) is poised to act as a major test for the FEC chairperson’s new strategy to force the agency to take more aggressive action to police campaign finance law. [read post]
24 Apr 2019, 12:33 pm
We need to teach better digital literacy. [read post]
1 Mar 2019, 1:30 am
ICCH 2019 is being offered in collaboration with the Health Literacy Annual Research Conference (HARC), International Shared Decision Making Society (ISDM), International Health Literacy Association (IHLA) and colleagues in the field of health communication. [read post]
28 Feb 2019, 4:03 pm
Tech companies’ role in improving digital literacy Improving the digital/media literacy of the public is frequently suggested as a solution to the problem of the spread of disinformation, although as my colleague Sonia Livingstone has emphasised, it is not a straightforward solution. [read post]
25 Feb 2019, 8:18 pm
While the conclusions may not be surprising, the important consequence is that the ACCC is now proposing to recommend action to regulate the monetisation of media business content and the extent to which consumers’ data is collected to provide for targeted advertising. [read post]
20 Feb 2019, 4:38 am
Thereport recommends a regulator for tech companies in line with Ofcom and IPSO and an enhanced role for the ICO, paid for by a levy on tech giants; “Digital literacy”, which the Report defines principally in terms of the ability of social media users to make informed judgments about the adverts and information presented to them via algorithms. [read post]
18 Feb 2019, 12:30 am
The new EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) has been officially adopted and published. it is now time for member States to start the process of incorporating its provisions into their respective legal and institutional frameworks. [read post]
12 Feb 2019, 3:58 am
Plus… Ofcom should investigate the BBC to see whether it is crowding out local journalism; the Competition and Mergers Authority should investigate online advertising, and there should be a general effort to improve media literacy. [read post]
5 Feb 2019, 12:58 pm
” Traditional media ads and some other things, like small logos, were excluded. [read post]
30 Dec 2018, 7:46 pm
[("Sri Lanka had high literacy rates but poor information literacy, he added, making the problem more acute. [read post]
