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#MILMonday - Media and information literacy (MIL) is a key life skill in today's fast‑changing media landscape. It helps us engage with media critically and confidently so we can take part in democracy and civic life.
Our new #MILMondayBasics series starts next week. Stay tuned!
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🎲✨ What happens when 30+ MIL trainers from across Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Ukraine come together in Windhoek?
Play, laughter and powerful new ideas for navigating the AI-driven info landscape! 🌍🤝
Join the fun! akademie.dw.com/en/playing-t...
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We are curious:
Are you aware of media and information literacy (MIL)? Have you learned it formally? Do you use it regularly?
Please let us know about your experience with MIL by either replying to the post or sending us a PM. #MILMonday #JustAsking
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We can all be MIL heroes! 🚀
For MIL mentor Hanna Hempel, media and information literacy (MIL) is at the center of the information ecosystem we're all a part of.
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The image displays 5 helpful tips for inclusive media literacy, including building trust through partnerships, localizing content for specific vulnerabilities, using key opinion leaders as bridge builders, gamification through play, and learning from regional experiences.
Do you have any new year's resolutions? ✨🌈
One of ours is definitely to expand our work in Media and Information Literacy across the globe. #MILMonday #YearInReview
akademie.dw.com/en/new-ways-of-participa...
The image shows the text "Slopaganda: an endless stream of cheaply generated, emotionally charged AI content flooding spaces and eroding trust."
We are taking a moment during our #YearInReview to see what lies ahead. AI was the main topic for journalists, with some singing its praises and others with doomsday predictions. What does it mean for the future of media and information literacy?
Read more: http://dw.com/p/52TPO
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As Human Rights Day approaches, we are highlighting our work that supports #OurEverydayRights.
Up first: Article 26 and Media and information literacy (MIL)
Click below for ten findings from Cambodia on practical MIL approaches that work. #MILMonday
Learn more: akademie.dw.com/en/new-ways-...
DW Akademie’s Theory of Change focuses on equipping individuals with the tools and knowledge to become media-literate and critically engaged citizens. #MILMonday
Learn more: akademie.dw.com/en/media-and...
AI chip with the definition of slopaganda
Have you ever heard of "AI slop?"
How about "slopaganda?"
Do you think you could identify real from slop?
The ever-increasing amount of AI-generated content in online spaces presents new challenges to media literacy. #MILMonday
Read more: akademie.dw.com/en/ai-slop-a...
Can you get reliable news on TikTok? #MILMonday
We recently trained journalists in Malawi on how to produce reliable news content for TikTok. This training is part of our mission to combat disinformation and support professionalism in local journalism.
Global Media and Information Literacy Week
The UNESCO Global Media & Information Literacy (MIL) Week is coming up! #MILMonday
📍 Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
📅 October 23–24, 2025
🎯 Theme: "Minds over AI – MIL in Digital Spaces"
Learn more about how you can participate
➡️ unesco.org/en/weeks/med...
Why is Media and Information Literacy (MIL) important to you? #MILMonday
That’s the question DW Akademie asked the participants of a MIL conference earlier this month. It included participants from Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand.
And how about you?
The media reflects the values, ideologies, and intentions of its makers. That means that audience members need analytical skills to identify these underlying value systems, motivations and ideologies.
Here are five questions for audience members to ask when consuming media. #MILMonday
Today is International #LiteracyDay!
We agree with UNESCO that literacy today extends beyond reading and writing—it encompasses the ability to engage with digital content and critically navigate complex information environments. #MILMonday
Learn more: unesco.org/en/days/lite...
Disinformation isn't a new phenomenon. But the scale of the problem has reached a new level in our digital era.
Here are some of the common ways academics and big tech define #disinformation. #MILMonday
Check out Tackling Disinformation: A Learning Guide
💡➡️ akademie.dw.com/en/tackling-...
In 2023, the majority of documented internet shutdowns occurred in South and Southeast Asia.
A recent study discusses the serious repercussions shutdowns have on media freedom and access to information across the region. #MILMonday
Download the report: akademie.dw.com/en/out-of-th...
a list naming the risks to media literacy from increased use of AI
Some researchers believe that AI-generated content will soon surpass content created by humans. This presents significant challenges for the field of media literacy, which must quickly adapt to these changes. #MILMonday
Check out our publication for more: https://bit.ly/45kRLXg
For news reporters the world over, covering a national election can be a career highlight. But they need a spectrum of skills to produce reliable news.
DW Akademie and its local partners organize election coverage trainings for journalists around the world. #MILMonday
Here are some key takeaways:
More and more older adults are turning to digital media and information sources. But do they have the competencies needed to engage safely with digital media? #MILMonday
To answer this and other questions, we reviewed available MIL studies on adults over 60.
Here is what we found:
Conflicts, crises and information vacuums mean the use of AI-generated disinformation is exploding. Learn more about how fact-checkers are turning Arabic-language AI into weapons on their mission to counter disinformation in the MENA region.
#MILMonday #DWFreedom
This spring, our partner in Moldova, Centrul Media pentru Tineri (Youth Media Center), hit the road with the MIL Comics Roadshow, a media and information literacy campaign with a user-friendly format: comics!
Check out the comics for free: tineri.md
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Media and information literacy (MIL) is a cornerstone of our work at DW Akademie. MIL enables anyone to access media sources, analyze media content, create new media, reflect on existing content and take action. #MILMonday
