Media literacy
Meeting the Challenges of Information Disorder in the Global South
Despite information disorder being a widespread problem in countries in the Global […]
Implementing European and International Standards on Media and Information Literacy in Bosnia
Media and information literacy (MIL) is a powerful and transformative resource, providing […]
Disinformation in Iraqi Media
The rise of narratives of disinformation in the Iraqi public sphere is […]
The State of Media Literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa 2020 and a Theory of Misinformation Literacy
This chapter examines the teaching of ‘media literacy’ in state-run schools in […]
Youth and the News in Five Charts
In the rapidly changing news ecosystems of emerging economies, news outlets are […]
Understanding Information disorder
Information disorder is complex. Some of it could be described as low-level […]
The Psychology of Fake News
This article, published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, synthesizes the findings from […]
Mapping Civil Society Responses to Disinformation
Civil society organizations (CSOs) play a central role in addressing disinformation’s growing […]
Double Trouble: Resilience to Fake News at the Time of Covid-19 Infodemic
The Media Literacy Index was created in 2017 as a response to […]
Understanding Misinformation on Mobile Instant Messengers (MIMs) in Developing Countries
A research project in Nigeria, India, and Pakistan found that messaging apps […]
Free Press Unlimited’s recipe for a media-driven approach to Media Literacy
Last summer, Free Press Unlimited published research into the media literacy of teenagers in South Africa and Mexico. Since then, we have experimented with several pilots on how to effectively improve media literacy. This has resulted in a method with proven effectiveness and a set of principles for a ‘media-driven approach to media literacy’.
Misogyny and Misinformation: An analysis of gendered disinformation tactics during the COVID-19 pandemic
False information during the COVID-19 pandemic and parallel infodemic has revealed itself […]