Digital information literacy as a modern civic skill – a Finnish perspective – WS 02 2023

20 June 2023 | 12:15 - 13:15 EEST | Auditorium A1 |
Consolidated programme 2023 overview / Workshop 2

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Proposals: #7 #9 #27 #32 #33

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Session teaser

Finland is frequently hailed as a global forerunner in information literacy and finding remedies to counter misleading information. Is this still the case?

Session description

Finland is frequently hailed as a global forerunner in information literacy and finding remedies to counter misleading information.

Is this still the case, especially regarding digital information literacy? What has Finland done and what should it do in the future? What has worked and where does Finland have room to improve? What lessons can be learned?

These are important questions in today’s information landscape, where everyone has become the target to false or misleading information. If we are not able to counter this issue, the future of democracy is at stake.

Don’t miss this important workshop.

Format

1. Opening remarks
2. Speakers, five minutes each
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions and closing remarks

The audience is encouraged to actively participate in the discussion, with comments, points of view regarding the topic and questions to the speakers.

Further reading

Digital information literacy guide published by Faktabaari, as part of the European EDMO NORDIS project that promotes digital information literacy and counters disinformation. The authors of the guide include a variety of experts from Faktabaari, University of Helsinki and Sitra – The Finnish Innovation Fund, among others.

• In English https://faktabaari.fi/dil/digital-information-literacy-guide/
  
• In Finnish https://faktabaari.fi/dil/digitaalinen-informaatiolukutaito-opas/

Reuter's Digital News Report 2023 https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2023

People

SME

• Jörn Erbguth
• Minda Moreira

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Focal Point

• Pekka Kanerva

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• Amali De Silva-Mitchell
• Oliana Sula
• Mikko Salo
• Abdullahahmet Kaynar

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Key Participants (speakers)

• Reijo Kupiainen, Tampere University
  • PhD, Media Education, University of Lapland
    
  • Member of the CRITICAL Project, supporting children’s and adolescents’ critical reading skills, carried out by a multidisciplinary team from four leading Finnish universities
  • University Lecturer of Media Education, Tampere University. Adjunct Professor of Media Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
    
  • Reijo’s research has focused on media literacy, media education, children and the Internet, visual culture, and he has authored and co-authored a number of books on these topics.
• Esa Sirkkunen, Tampere University
  • Researcher, Communication Sciences, Tampere University
  • Esa has written and given talks on for example the citizens’ communicative rights and the regulation of media platforms, media platformization, data journalism, the metaverse, and privacy
• Heikki Lauha, Sitra - The Finnish Innovation Fund
  • Master of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki
    
  • Specialist at Sitra (The Finnish Innovation Fund), in the Digital Power and Democracy project. The project produces information on new forms of digital power and enables people to make a difference in matters that are important to them, for example through improved information literacy.
• Pekka Kanerva, Faktabaari (see moderator description)

Moderator

• Pekka Kanerva, Faktabaari (speaker and workshop moderator)
  • MSc (Econ), Aalto University, Helsinki
    
  • Member of Faktabaari, leading Finnish organization on fact checking and digital information literacy
    
  • Public speaking and presentation skills coach, and adviser on countering hate speech
    
  • Twenty years international business career in targeted marketing operations and technology, with multiple international marketing awards

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