Introduction Media and Information Literacy as a Public Good.
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Date
2023
Authors
Jaakkola, Maarit
Durán-Becerra, Tomás
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Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO
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Book chapter
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Abstract
The theme of the 2021 edition of the Global Media and Information
Literacy Week was “media and information literacy for the public good”
(UNESCO, 2021b). The Republic of South Africa hosted the theme week
to uphold the vision of information as a public good in the context of
a new post-COVID normality (UNESCO, 2021a). In times of multiple
crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, disinformation and information
warfare, and in an era where the free flow of information is increasingly
controlled and constrained, it is essential to discuss how good efforts of
the humankind, such as democracy, freedom of speech, and MIL, can
be saved as a public good, for the common good.
The concern about MIL as a public good is dependent on appropriate
structures for viable media that can sustain quality content, as well as
accountability and public trust, and on citizens who can assess, nurture,
and appreciate these (UNESCO, 2022). The Windhoek 30+ Declaration on
Information as a Public Good (UNESCO, 2021d), which was announced
at the World Press Freedom Day 2021 conference in Namibia, identified
several factors as prerequisites for guaranteeing information as a public
good that would “serve as a shared resource for the whole of humanity”
(ibid., 4), including press freedom, media independence, plurality and
viability, transparency of digital platforms, and citizens empowered by
media and information literacy (MIL).
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Capítulo completo en acceso abierto que hace parte de la obra Media and information literacy for the public good: UNESCO MILID Yearbook 2023.
Keywords
Bien público, Medios e información, Alfabetización