An open-access article: Polizzi, G., D’Arcy, J., Harris, R., Yates, S., & Yeoman, F. (2025). Media literacy provision from the perspective of policymakers and civil society organisations in five areas of the UK: a case study approach. Learning, Media and Technology, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2025.2572624
This was an Ofcom-funded research project: "media literacy is here understood as incorporating not just functional digital skills and knowledge but also, as captured by the concept of critical digital literacy, the ability to critically evaluate online content and the broader digital environment" (i.e. it overlaps with information literacy, though the authors don't say that).
They interviewed "policymakers and representatives of civil society organisations tasked with media literacy provision" in Birmingham and the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, Scotland, and Wales (I think describing Scotland and Wales as "areas" was rather broad, given the very different situations in different parts of those home nations!).
One of the notable findings was that "all [initiatives were] primarily concerned with digital inclusion, with media literacy piggybacking on them" and there is also the "limited, short-term, and often prescriptive" nature of Government funding. Some examples of successful strategies are identified.
Photo by Sheila Webber: bandstand and tower of arts, Sheffield, November, 2025
No comments:
Post a Comment