This UNITWIN Network is composed of universities from different geographical areas: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), University of the West Indies (Jamaica), Cairo University (Egypt), University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), Temple University (USA), Tsinghua University (China), Moulay Ismail University (Morocco), Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University (Morocco), University of Guadalajara (Mexico), Western University (Canada), University of Gothenburg (Sweden), Sorbonne Nouvelle University (France), Punjabi University, Patiala (India), University of the South Pacific (Fiji), University of South Africa (South Africa), Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Nigeria), Ahmadu Bello University(Nigeria), Lagos State University (Nigeria), University of Jors (Nigeria), University of Calabar (Nigeria), Hosei University (Japan), University of Latvia (Latvia), Moscow Pedagogical State University (Russia), Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios UNIMINUTO (Colombia), Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), MICA (India), University of Campinas (Brazil). 

The main objectives of the Network are to foster collaboration among member universities, to build capacity in each of the countries in order to empower them to advance media and information literacy and intercultural dialogue, and to promote freedom of speech, freedom of information and the free flow of ideas and knowledge. Specific objectives include acting as an observatory for the role of media and information literacy (MIL) in promoting civic participation, democracy and development as well as enhancing intercultural and cooperative research on MIL. The programme also aims at promoting global actions related to MIL and intercultural dialogue. In such a context, a MILID Yearbook series is an important initiative. 

In such a context, a MILID Yearbook series is an important initiative. The centrality of information and communication to development is irrefutable. The MILID Yearbook provides a case for media and information literacy (MIL) as a tool for open and inclusive sustainable development.

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This UNITWIN Network is composed of universities from different geographical areas: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), University of the West Indies (Jamaica), Cairo University (Egypt), University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), Temple University (USA), Tsinghua University (China), Moulay Ismail University (Morocco), Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University (Morocco), University of Guadalajara (Mexico), Western University (Canada), University of Gothenburg (Sweden), Sorbonne Nouvelle University (France), Punjabi University, Patiala (India), University of the South Pacific (Fiji), University of South Africa (South Africa), Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Nigeria), Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria), Lagos State University (Nigeria), University of Jors (Nigeria), University of Calabar (Nigeria), Hosei University (Japan), University of Latvia (Latvia), Moscow Pedagogical State University (Russia), Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios UNIMINUTO (Colombia), Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), MICA (India), University of Campinas (Brazil).

The main objectives of the Network are to foster collaboration among member universities, to build capacity in each of the countries in order to empower them to advance media and information literacy and intercultural dialogue, and to promote freedom of speech, freedom of information and the free flow of ideas and knowledge. Specific objectives include acting as an observatory for the role of media and information literacy (MIL) in promoting civic participation, democracy and development as well as enhancing intercultural and cooperative research on MIL. The programme also aims at promoting global actions related to MIL and intercultural dialogue. In such a context, a MILID Yearbook series is an important initiative.

The MILID Yearbook 2021 is a result of a collaboration between UNESCO UNITWIN Cooperation Programme on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue, The Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios – UNIMINUTO (Colombia) and the University of Gothenburg (Sweden).

Click here to consult the MILID Yearbook 2021.

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The book, divided into three parts: (I) MIL Augmenting Information Freedom and Knowledge Status, (II) MIL and the Different Actors and Situations of Learning and (III) MIL Providing New Opportunities, compiles a series of articles on fake news, hate speech, intercultural dialogue, education, gender equality and media literacy.

“During the second decade of the 21st century, humanity has experienced a remarkable shift in the cognitive paradigm. The state of information and knowledge has changed. Until now, information and knowledge were personal and individual matters. They depended on personal skills, individual possibilities to access information and the ability to criticise, process and memorise it. It is true that the so-called knowledge institutions (schools, universities, publishing and media systems, etc.) contributed to providing a concrete environment for people, improving the conditions of information and knowledge. But today, the state of information and knowledge remains unequal, as well as social, collective and global. This is increasingly dependent on computers, robots and complex knowledge production systems; which, in turn, are increasingly automated and autonomous”, introduces José Manuel Pérez Tornero, Director of the UNESCO Chair in Media and Information Literacy for Quality Journalism, in the first part of the book. 

In this first part, José Manuel Pérez Tornero, Santiago Tejedor, Sally Tayie and Cristina Pulido from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain); Juan Sakamoto from Hosei University (Japan); Darwin Franco Migues from the University of Guadalajara (Mexico); Alton Grizzle, UNESCO Programme Specialist in Media and Information Literacy; Sumeer Gul, Saba Ali and Aadil Bashir from Kashmir University, Srinagar (India); Sheikh Shueb from the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora (India); Aabid Hussain from the Department of Information, Srinagar (India); and Tariq Ahmad Shah from Central University of Kashmir, Ganderbal (India).

The second chapter of the book focuses on various actors and learning situations in the framework of media literacy. “Real learning processes always need imagination, commitment and respect among the actors involved, motivation and shared interest in the object to be learned, pedagogical strategies, curiosity, communication and analysis, among other things. But learning also needs a situation in which to develop and be meaningful; a situation in which dialogue between learners flourishes and facilitates understanding of each other’s ideas, positions, expectations and judgements. How to develop productive media and information literacy learning situations in different educational settings is the central purpose of the experiences collected in this section”, says Guillermo Orozco, professor at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, in the introduction to the chapter.

This block contains articles by Spencer Brayton of Waubonsee Community College, Illinois (USA); Natasha Casey and Laura Wiedlocher of Blackburn College, Illinois (USA); Conceicao Costa and Carla Sousa of the CICANT-Lusófona University (Portugal); Kathryn R. Martin Fingar of the University of California Los Angeles (USA); Tessa Jolls of the Center for Media Literacy, Consortium for Media Literacy, Los Angeles (USA); Olunifesi Adekunle Suraj of the University of Lagos (Nigeria); Minna Koponen and Mari Pienimaki of the University of Tampere (Finland); Alexandra Bujokas de Siqueira of the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (Brazil); and Danilo Rothberg of the São Paulo State University (Brazil).

Finally, the MILID Yearbook 2018/2019 culminates with a chapter that looks to the future and innovation from the new opportunities provided by media literacy. “This third part of the book highlights cases involving formal and informal education, policy-oriented training projects, independent or informal platforms, television content and other powerful MIL studies or projects. The first subsection brings three articles focused on the incorporation of MIL in education policy”, notes Esther Hamburger, professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Marlene D. Hines, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (Jamaica); Sonia Livingstone, Patrick Burton, Patricio Cabello, Ellen Helsper, Petar Kanchev, Daniel Kardefelt-Winther, Jelena Perovic, Mariya Stoilova, and Ssu-Han Yu of the Global Kids Online (GKO) project; Moira Toledo Cirello from the University of São Paulo (Brazil); Mami Komaya from Jissen Women’s University (Japan); I V Malhan and Archna Katoch from the Central University of Himachal Pradesh (India); Emelina Galarza Fernández from the University of Málaga (Spain); Rodrigo Gonzalez-Reyes, José Manuel Corona and Guillermo Orozco from the University of Guadalajara (Mexico); Sherri Hope Culver from Temple University (USA); Ana Pérez-Escoda from Nebrija University (Spain); Rosa García-Ruiz from the University of Cantabria (Spain); Ignacio Aguaded from the University of Huelva (Spain); Vedabhyas Kundu from the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi (India).

The main objectives of the UNITWIN network are to foster collaboration between member universities, to build capacity in each country to empower them to promote media and information literacy and intercultural dialogue, and to support freedom of expression, freedom of information and the free flow of ideas and knowledge.

Specific objectives include acting as an observatory of the role of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) in promoting civic participation, democracy and development, as well as enhancing intercultural and cooperative research on MIL. The programme also aims to promote global actions related to MIL and intercultural dialogue. In this context, each MILID Yearbook represents an important initiative to promote and advance these objectives.

Consult the MILID Yearbook 2018/2019 here.

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The Yearbook 2016 offers a local, as well as a national and global perspective on media and information literacy. The different parts of the book draws on relevant research findings as well as theories and practises of MIL – focusing on this year’s theme: ”Media and Information Literacy: Reinforcing Human Rights, Countering Radicalization and Extremism”.  

The year 2016, being the first year of implementing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, has provided a renowned emphasis on human rights-based approach to development, wrote the editors in the preface of the yearbook. Further, the increased levels of national and global conflicts, as well as new forms of extremism and radicalisation have led to questions on the role of MIL in this global environment.

Alton Grizzle, UNESCO’s Programme Specialist, writes in the yearbook’s introduction: ”2016 is the first year of the implementation of the sustainable development goals. A renewed emphasis on a Human Rights-Based Approach to all forms of development is apt and timely”.

The 2016 yearbook contains five parts:

• Community Empowerment and Sustainable Development
• Hate Speech and Incitement
• Radicalisation and Extremism
• Human Rights and Gender Equality
• Inter-religious and Intercultural Discourses in the Media

Read and download the Yearbook on UNESCO’s website.

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This UNITWIN Network is composed of eight universities from different geographical areas. The main objectives of the Network are to foster collaboration among member universities, to build capacity in each of the countries in order to empower them to advance media and information literacy and intercultural dialogue, and to promote freedom of speech, freedom of information and the free flow of ideas and knowledge.

Specific objectives include acting as an observatory for the role of media and information literacy (MIL) in promoting civic participation, democracy and development as well as enhancing intercultural and cooperative research on MIL. The programme also aims at promoting global actions related to MIL and intercultural dialogue.

In such a context, a MILID Yearbook series is an important initiative. This first MILID Yearbook is a result of a collaboration between the UNITWIN Cooperation Programme on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue, and the International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media at NORDICOM, University of Gothenburg.

Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue are printed in a limited edition. It can also be downloaded here as a PDF, free of cost.

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