[Air-l] media literacy debate

[Rebekah Willett]

Dear colleagues,

I'd like to invite you to a public debate entitled, 'Who needs media literacy?' being held in London on 28 July from 6:00-7:30.  The aim of the debate will be to generate a dialogue between researchers the policy-makers who are responsible for this area. How do researchers define media literacy, and what do they know about it? How does media literacy develop, and how can it best be promoted or taught? And what do policy-makers need to know about media literacy? The session will be introduced by David Buckingham (Institute of Education), and will feature short presentations from three of the leading keynote speakers from the conference: Henry Jenkins (MIT), Mizuko Ito (University of Southern California) and Sonia Livingstone (LSE). These will be followed by brief responses from policy-makers: Cary Bazelgette (bfi), Robin Blake (Ofcom) and Sylvia Hines (BBC). There will then be an opportunity for dialogue and debate among the audience. 

The event will take place at the Institute of Education’s Logan Hall, Bedford Way, London WC1, and will be followed by a drinks reception. It will be open to the public as well as to delegates at the ‘Digital Generations’ conference (which runs from 26th-29th July). ‘Digital Generations: Children, Young People and New Media’ is a major international conference, bringing together over 200 researchers from more than 35 countries. For more details, see: http://www.ccsonline.org.uk/mediacentre/Events/main.html

Rebekah Willett