Tackling Disinformation and Building Media Literacy
Tackling Disinformation and Building Media Literacy
Tackling disinformation and building media literacy are topics that are not only important in the context of the EU and the upcoming European elections, but from a national perspective as our society is being fundamentally changed by technology. Honing our media literacy skills will enable us a sector to effectively communicate our priorities and ensure that we can identify accurate information for sharing with our communities and stakeholders.
Featuring a range of exciting speakers and perspectives, this interactive webinar will:
- Look at best practices in engaging with digital media content
- Provide media literacy skills for organisations engaging in policy and campaigning
- Highlight practical examples of tackling disinformation
- Explore resources and supports available.
This event is a collaboration between The Wheel and the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland.
This event will be held on Zoom. Please register below. Meeting details will be sent to you after registration.
Please note that this event will be recorded
Meet your facilitators
Emma Murtagh has worked with The Wheel since 2017 in various roles including European Programmes Officer, Grants and Research Officer, and most recently Senior European Programmes Manager. She oversees the delivery of Access Europe, a support and capacity building programme for the sector around accessing and managing EU funding.
Eileen Culloty is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communications and deputy director of the DCU Institute for Media, Democracy, and Society. Eileen coordinates the Ireland Hub of the European Digital Media Observatory and is co-chair of Media Literacy Ireland. She is also an member of the working-group developing the National Counter Disinformation Strategy.
Chris Coakley has worked for the European Parliament since 2008. He is currently a strategic communications adviser for the Spokesperson's Unit. He coordinates strategy and response related to information manipulation that targets the institution. Previously he was an outreach adviser at the EP's Washington DC office and before that, editorial coordinator for the press unit in Brussels. He is a British and French national.
Dr Sara Singleton leads social inclusion research at TASC. Current projects centre on the social and structural effects of inequality, social exclusion, and poverty. This includes work on financial resilience and domestic violence, as well as developing work on cross border cooperation and the intersection between social inclusion and climate action. Research findings contribute to policy debate and the evaluation and development of programmes and interventions. Sara has worked extensively in programme management in the community and voluntary sector. She has managed educational projects in Africa and Asia and worked with refugees, migrants and at-risk young people in Ireland. She has a MA in International Politics and Human Rights from London City University, and a PhD in Sociology from Trinity College Dublin where she researched trust and cohesion in post-conflict communities using qualitative and quantitative methods. As well as her work with TASC, Sara coordinates the Sociology and Social Policy Module for Trinity Access Programmes.
