Media Literacy Week, Sponsored by the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) , 23-27 October 2023.
U.S. Media Literacy Week is the celebration of Media Literacy across the United States, held in conjunction with UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week. The mission is to highlight the power of media literacy education and its essential role in education all across the country. U.S. Media Literacy Week calls attention to media literacy education by bringing together hundreds of partners for events and activities around the country.
NAMLE defines media literacy as, “the ability to ACCESS, ANALYZE, EVALUATE, CREATE, and ACT using all forms of communication.” So each day will focus on one of those words and we encourage participants to organize events, teach a lesson, or create media related to the day’s theme. Learn more about this year’s theme here. each day: Access, Analyze, Evaluate, Create, and Act.
What does media literacy have to do with intercultural dialogue?
…media literacy deals with the study of cultures and looks at the problems relating to hybridization, interconnection and cross-cultural issues between societies and peoples. In other words, media literacy is all about intercultural dialogue.
Source: Tornero, J. M. P. (2014). Media literacy: The cultural heritage of our time. In J. M. P. Tornero (Ed.), Media literacy and intercultural dialogue: Strategies, debates and good practices (p. 5). Barcelona, Spain: Ediciones Sehen.
The long list of activities includes the 3rd Annual Media Literacy Week Film Festival and Productive Conversations without Confrontation.
Center for Intercultural Dialogue 