1. Finnish Society on Media Education

2. What is FSME?
• Supports and develops the field of
research and practises concerning
media education
• Founded in 2005
• Almost 200 members and over 30
community members
• Works nationally and operates in
two languages (Finnish & Swedish)
• Chair (2009-> Dr. Reijo Kupiainen,
University of Tampere)
• Member of AOC Medialiteracy-
network and Nordicom-network

3. What do we do?
• FSME:
– Supports and develops the field of research and practises concerning
media education
– Contributes to the public debate
– Provides opportunities to share media educational experiences online
and offline (Medialiteracy.info-conference every year)
– Informs about media education via newsletters and mediaeducation.fi-
web portal

4. Work in practise
• Web portal www.mediaeducation.fi
– News, events, information, materials, discussions, blogs…
• Newsletters: twice a month, over 1500 subscribers
• International and national seminars och conferenses
• Medialiteracy.info – conference in Vaasa 2007 (200 participants
from 13 countries)
• Effective youth work and media protection needs media literacy
(40 participants from Finland, Estonia and Germany)
• Co-operation with members and partners internationally, especially
with Nordic countries, Estonia and Germany
• Electronic publications: www.mediaeducation.fi/publications

5. Community members
• Finnish Newspaper Association
• Tuotos - Copyright association for audiovisual producers in Finland
• Mannerheim League of Chilf Welfare
• Finnish Board of Film Classification
• Media Education Centre Metka
• Centre for School Clubs
• Koulukino-Skolbio ry
• Consumer Agency
• Art Centre for Children and Youth ARX
• Pirkanmaa Film Centre
• YLE Finnish Broadcasting company/ Educational programmes
• And many more…

6. More infomation
• www.mediaeducation.fi
• About FSME: www.mediakasvatus.fi/seura (choose in English)
• Decades of Finnish Media Education (PDF)
http://www.mediaeducation.fi/publications/decadesoffinnishmediaeducation.
pdf
• Mediakasvatus(a)mediakasvatus.fi

7. More infomation
• www.mediaeducation.fi
• About FSME: www.mediakasvatus.fi/seura (choose in English)
• Decades of Finnish Media Education (PDF)
http://www.mediaeducation.fi/publications/decadesoffinnishmediaeducation.
pdf
• Mediakasvatus(a)mediakasvatus.fi