Blog by Kristijan Lazarev, accessibility specialist at Open Windows, the assistive technology organization In an era dominated by screens and streaming, the media literacy is a very important skill that helps us from our own informed view of the world around us which comes indirectly through the media channels. Nonetheless, in this global deluge of…
A total of 17 students from Macedonia and Albania took part in the UNESCO’s student school for media and information literacy, which was held in Ohrid from 28 to 31 October 2023. During the intensive four-day programme, the students learned about the key concepts of media literacy, hate speech, stereotypes and prejudices present in the…
The Association of Macedonian Journalists (AJM), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), and the Initiative for a European Perspective (IEP) presented the initiative “Training Academy for Journalists and Media Workers – T-AJM” as part of the International Week of Media Literacy. This initiative aims to contribute to the creation of a favorable environment in which…
On 31 October 2023, at 13:00 hrs, the Media Literacy Network held its annual meeting in the premises of the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services. The meeting rounded off the programme of the 2023 Media Literacy Days, as an already established tradition at the end of this annual event. The meeting was attended…
EUROMETAR’s latest survey shows that more than half of the citizens obtain information on political topics most often using the Internet. Of these, the largest part, i.e. above 90 per cent, do it via the social networks, which are, at the same time, the most fertile ground for disinformation. Taking into account that next year…
This year, the Media Literacy Network marks the fifth anniversary of its existence and to mark the occasion and give a collage of the activities it had carried out, a documentary was produced, titled “The Five Years of Media Literacy Days”. It is a 10-minute film that contains a short recap, not of all the…
On 25 October 2023, the RESIS Institute (www.resis.mk) will hold an online debate dedicated to the topic of “Community Media and Pluralistic Democracy”, at which it will present the findings of the research conducted last year concerning the “Communication Needs of People with Disabilities from the Eastern and Southeastern Regions,” as part of the project…
As part of the Media Literacy Days 2023, the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services will hold a workshop for its employees, titled “From Broadcasting to the Internet – The Path to Modern Media Regulation.” The workshop will be held by Dr. Maike Isenberg from the North Rhine-Westphalia’s media regulatory authority, who will share…
The fifth consecutive edition of the Media Literacy Days (2023) will begin with the Conference on “Media Literacy in Digital Spaces,” which will be held at “Ragusa 360” in Skopje on 24 October 2023. The official opening starts at 10:00 hrs. The Conference is organized by the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services, the…
MOF Radio is organizing an Open Day, as part of the 2023 Media Literacy Days, on Friday, 27 October, from 10:00 hrs until 12:00 hrs. All interested young people will have the opportunity to come, enter and take a look at the editorial offices of MOF Radio, meet the journalists and the editorial staff, and…
Digital life has led to new habits in the area of information, communication, self-representation and socialization. These are the everyday things that are part of our lives, here and now. Social networks and online media, on the one hand, provide an environment that stimulates growth and progress, but, on the other, bring about challenges and…
The Smilevski Business Academy (BAS), has been continuously, for seven years in a row, shedding light at the state of play in the sphere of media literacy and providing comparative analyses and recommendations, as part of the teaching subject “Public Relations” and its special module titled “Media Literacy”. On 27 October 2023, Prof. Dr. Marjan…
Disinformation and crises are interdependent, the problem being that people today are faced with such an amount of disinformation that it is becoming difficult for them to distinguish between which sources they can trust and which they cannot, says EU DisinfoLab President Diana Wallis in an interview for MIA. We spoke with Wallis during the…
The study “Role of Institutional Transparency in Tackling Disinformation and Speculation in North Macedonia” aims to identify how transparency can help counter the spread of disinformation that undermines trust in state institutions. It explores how transparency contributes toward greater openness and public trust, prevents disinformation, promotes accurate and open information, and contains recommendations on strengthening…
Findings of Survey “Mapping the level of media literacy in the Republic of North Macedonia 2019” Age of respondents: 16+ Survey 2019Survey (data) 2019 [.CSV format]Survey (data) 2019 [.XLSX format]Survey 2016 The safety key is rarely used! Prior knowledge on a certain topic serves as the most common ‘filter’ that readers (51.7%) use to check…
