UN unit on inter-cultural understanding launches online educational tool
18 July 2008 – The United Nations campaign for understanding between faiths and cultures, known as the Alliance of Civilizations, today launched a website designed to foster dialogue and debate on media literacy.The online tool, called the Media Literacy Education Clearinghouse, collects together information from around the world on media literacy education, media education policy and youth-produced media, and is available in Arabic, English and Spanish.
In a statement released today, the Alliance said that recent research has shown that children and youth spend twice as much time immersed in electronic media – including television, the internet and video games – as they do receiving formal education at school.
The website www.aocmedialiteracy.org focuses on developing the critical thinking skills necessary to digest the information children and young people face every day.
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