Intergenerational
Generational identity connects with ‘intergenerational relations’, and implies interdependence between age groups and generations gaps. The digital age implied generational gaps when thought of technology and younger and older generations. Interactivity and Internet 3.0 moved generations towards close relationships by using media. “The digital age promotes the blurring of barriers between different age groups that interact through and with technologies. Intergenerational relationships that narrow in digital can overcome the so-called generation gaps, fostering intergenerational interaction, which allows the sharing of knowledge and forms of sociability anchored in different generational contexts” (Amaral & Brites, 2019, p. 5113). Read more.
Media Literacy Key concepts
Media literacy is the ability to identify different types of media and understand the messages they’re sending. According to the European Union, it involves the capacity of accessing, critically understanding and engaging with the different media available. Read more.
The article considers the notion of ‘transliteracy’ as a means to harness the potential advantages and mitigate the risks of the so-called ‘Information society.’
Article that presents results of a research that joined college students and seniors, with the aim of promoting intergenerational coexistence, cultural rescue, positioning older people with active roles and a preponderant factor in promoting communication and listening to the legacy throughout their lives.
Book with activities for children/young people, Old people and Intergenerational.
Introduction to a special issue Fake News and Education.
Podcast episode about the pandemic and the way children deal with information.
Podcast episode focused on digital literacy.
English institution from the advertising world that provides innovative educational resources designed to provide 7 – 16 year olds with the understanding and tools to be critical consumers of the media, looking at important subjects like social media and digital advertising, influencer marketing and body image.
Fake News resource set available on David Buckingham's website.
Renée Hobbs' YouTube Channel with several video resources about Media Literacy
Book about Media education practices in Portugal.
Online Civic Engagement
UNICEF defines civic engagement as “individual or collective actions in which people participate to improve the well-being of communities or society in general”. It is a fundamental process to democracy, through which people take action, in a collective manner, to address issues of public concern. Read more.
This paper presents and analyses the theoretical approaches to digital media literacy, so-called digital parenting. It also interprets the results of the latest research in Croatia devoted to the digital habits of parents, their attitudes towards parental mediation strategies, and other crucial questions.
Check-list for parents, children from 9 to 12 years old and teenagers from 13 to 17 years old, focusing on digital behaviors.
Book with concepts and activities.
Book focused on the challenges families face in the digital age. Provides an insight on challenges and opportunities taking into account multiple levels of digital penetration.
Podcast episode focused on young people's use on YouTube.
Opinion piece focused on fake news and its historical context.
Guide to help parents and educators use Facebook.
Website of a project launched in February 2013, on Safer Internet Day, by the Insafe* network, with the aim of helping young people to become thoughtful and responsible citizens.
News about the theme of safety in online teaching.
Fake News resource set available Julie Smith's blog.
Compact project's article about Influencers and the importance of regulation.
Resilience to disinformation and fake news
Today, citizens are highly exposed to large scale disinformation, including false and misleading information, assuming different expressions and conceptualization. As the European Commission states, it is one of Europe’s major challenges. Read more.
The paper presents the results of a survey conducted using a survey method among parents of Facebook users from the city of Zagreb.
Book that serves as a reading list and primer on digital disinformation.
Book that analyses the influence of disinformation and specially social media in politics.
Podcast episode about deepfakes.
Podcast episode focused on ERC's part in fighting fake news and disinformation.
Podcast episode about ways do fact-check information and tackle fake news.
Website that aims to protect communities from harmful misinformation. It provides tools to check the veracity of content and explanations about the procedures followed by professional journalists before publishing a particular news item.
Academic journal issue focused on fake news, disinformation and citizenship.
Bias resource set available on David Buckingham's website.
European Commission's report focused on an analysis of disinformation and its impact.
News focused on fake news and the difficulty of fighting them.
European Commission public consultation that aims to collect information from Citizens, Social media platforms, news organizatins, academia and others, in order to help assess the effectiveness of current actions by market players and other stakeholders, the need for scaling them up and introducing new actions to address different types of fake news.
Training programme for a 15h training course for 14-16 year old students and their parents and grand parents.
Website of a Portuguese project focused on internet and online safety.
Report of a project that aimed to promote reflection on the dimension, scope and problems surrounding the proliferation of misinformation and false online narratives.
Video with tricks to spot fake news.
Website of an European project that aims to build a methodical fact-checking curriculum implemented in Journalism schools across Europe.
PolitiFact's guide with seven ways to avoid falling for common falsehoods about epidemics.
Five tricks to verify content online before we share.
Global News' piece about Twitter's actions against fake news.
Now's article about a series of resources that can help people tackle fake news.
Several articles fact-checked by Reuters
European project focused on critical thinking and fighting disinformation.
Fact-checking tools and training for various age groups.