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The role of civil society organisations in promoting media literacy, transliteracy and media and information literacy in EU

Civil society has an important role in our societies. Its importance has been recognized in political science, media studies, communication science, sociology and in a multidisciplinary approach. From previous research we know that civic engagement is in a positive correlation to media literacy (ML) (Frau-Meigs & Torrent, 2009). Civil society organisations (CSOs) are one of the most important media literacy stake-holders in most of our societies. In this study we examine and analyze the results of two European research projects that analyzed in detail the CSOs’ role in the European context. The ANR TRANSLIT scientific research project is one of the projects analyzing the role of CSOs in media and information literacy. Mapping of media literacy practices and actions in EU-28 (European Audiovisual Observatory, Council of Europe) is the second one. Both projects included more than 100 European scientists and experts. We analyze the scope of CSOs activities, recognized as key stake-holders. Furthermore, we question the role they have in relation to other actors and sectors. We also discuss the historical differences and similarities in neighbouring countries. This article also calls for the necessity to indicate possible risks in CSOs activities and policies. In order to coordinate CSOs activities in the EU we offer a new model based upon six key elements of CSOs, as stake-holders in ML and MIL, in the EU and abroad.

CSOs ; Media Literacy ; Media and Information-Literacy ; Digital-Literacy ; public-policies ; Europe

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