A number of recent research reports investigate the impact social media has on mental health, social well-being – and political polarization. One study, supported by Meta, involved collaboration with a number of US universities to examine the impact of social media – specifically Facebook and Instagram...
[caption id="attachment_57989" align="alignleft" width="190"] MD 2023/3[/caption] Media Development 2023-3 Who is talking with the audience? Understanding the importance of media literacy as an instrument of public policy-making is essential to promoting democracy and dialogue. Investigating “Who is talking with the audience?” leads to wider audience engagement and concerted...
Versión en español a continuación This issue of WACC’s journal Media Development presents texts in English and Spanish on the theme “Who is talking with the audience? Understanding audience engagement and media literacy efforts today”. To focus on these questions, we invited contributors with technical knowledge and...
Kanchan K. Malik and Vamsi Krishna Pothuru Several initiatives in India are endeavouring to integrate media literacy into formal education curricula and promote it through community initiatives. These initiatives aim to develop skills and expertise among citizens/netizens of India to enable them to critically navigate the...
Renee Hobbs The United States is now experiencing significant levels of political extremism, rage, and anti-government activism that is associated with targeted violence and domestic terrorism (Bergengruen, 2022). Domestic terrorism is intended to inflict injuries beyond the direct victims by threatening and intimidating entire communities. All around...
Dominik Speck One Tuesday afternoon in November 2022, fears of a further dramatic, even nuclear escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war rose. That day, a missile had struck a village in Poland, close to the Ukrainian border, killing two people. A report by The Associated Press (AP),...
Herman Wasserman The contemporary media landscape in Africa is characterised simultaneously by disruptions brought about by new digital technologies, such as shifting journalistic practices and media consumer habits and preferences, and structural limitations and pressures on the media that often have a much longer history. This...
Fernando Oliveira Paulino Como parte de su misión fundamental, a lo largo de los años, los medios de comunicación se especializaron en el monitoreo de acciones de personas y entidades que producen efectos en la vida en sociedad. Nada más necesario para las democracias, que las...
Cynthia Ottaviano El término “techo de cristal” fue acuñado hace casi medio siglo. Sin embargo, muchas de las razones que llevaron a su autora, Marilyn Loden, a definir las desigualdades por género en el mundo laboral con esas palabras, siguen vigentes, incluso en el ámbito comunicacional....
Laura Martínez Aguila Las defensorías de las audiencias en México reciben comunicaciones de las audiencias a través de las cuales pueden identificar y procesar necesidades específicas enfocadas al diseño e implementación de herramientas de Alfabetización Mediática e Informacional (AMI) en español, Literacia Mediática en portugués. Las...