Exporting Media Literacy Lessons & Best Practices From Finland. Fighting Misinformation Online 2023

Finland has a long tradition of media education embedded in the curricula from early childhood. But there is always room for improvement, with teachers, educators, governments, and tech companies taking more responsibility to promote media literacy.

Speaker introduction:
0:56 - Christa Prusskij, Executive director at The Finnish Society of Media Education
3:12 - Anne Leppäjärvi, Journalism Degree Director at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
5:05 - Mikko Salo, Founder of Faktabaari
8:47 - Tiffany Smyly, Chief Programme Officer at The Economist Educational Foundation

Panel debate:
13:58 - Why Finland is succeeding on the media literacy index
15:03 - Journalistic skepticism
17:25 - Finland as a media literacy welfare state
23:04 - Changing media landscape
24:02 - Improving Finland
29:50 - What other countries can learn from Finland
32:45 - Factors preventing Finland's model from being scaled

Q&A:
35:27 - Registered identity
37:58 - Collaboration in Finland

The panel debate focuses on the importance of media literacy, including critical thinking, digital well-being, and the role of Finnish press and universities. The panelists discuss concerns about hate speech, cyber-bullying, data protection, and the impact of the online world on people's well-being. They also emphasize the need for fact-checking and educating people to be more curious and aware of the information they consume online, and the need for ethical and responsible use of media literacy skills to empower young people to think critically about the information ecosystems they inhabit.

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