Moving from a Fragmented State Role towards a Single Media Literacy Policy The document discusses establishing a single media literacy policy in Europe. Currently, the EU does not have a unified policy and individual national initiatives are fragmented without comprehensive strategies. Developing media literacy involves various areas including education, employment, media, and child protection policies. The document recommends that countries establish a key coordinating organization to represent media literacy, review policy, provide collaboration between stakeholders, conduct research, promote programs, and sponsor media education initiatives. This would help move countries from fragmented policies to a sustainable, coherent approach with defined regulatory areas that respects rights like access to information and education.

1. Moving from a Fragmented State
Role towards a Single Media
Literacy Policy
FSR C&M, CMPF, ENTraNCE Annual Scientific
Seminar - 24 - 25 March 2017.
Krisztina Nagy

2. Regulatory issues of Media Literacy
What are the reasons for the new state engagement?
Which are the main regulatory fields?

3. new choices – new risks

4. empowering

5. access to media and technology tools
critical thinking
creative participation
Media Literacy

6. International policy background
European Union
The EU does not have a uniform media literacy policy.
National level
The initiatives and measures are fragmented, missing a comprehensive strategy
for developing media literacy.

7. It is complicated!
Media
literacy
policy
Education
policy
Employment
policy
Media policy
Child
protection,
youth policy

8. Cross-cutting challenge
state
organizations
academics
educational
institutions
media outlets
non-formal
education
municipilaties
Governance

9. Fundamental issues of the
legislation:
• Which fundamental rights can legitimate the
intervention of the state?
• Which are the regulatory fields?
• What kind of an institutional system could
ensure the sustainable development?

10. Which fundamental rights legitimate the state’s
engagement?
the rights of the children
the right to take part in cultural life,
the right to education
freedom of expression

11. developing research activity and scientific
background
The regulatory areas of the
improving media literacy

12. developing formal and non-formal education

13. developing media environment

14. • institutional framework for
coordination between the stakeholders
• financing issues

15. Key organization

16. The scope of duties of the key organization
• to represent media literacy development in the state organizations
system
• to review media literacy policy, to suggest changes in case of necessity
• to provide a common platform for the stakeholders to collaborate
• ongoing monitoring, research activity
• to act as links to relevant organizations and research materials
• to sponsor media education programs
• to promote media literacy in public

17. Thank you for your attention!
Krisztina Nagy
HAS Centre for Social Sciences
Institute for Legal Studies
nagy.krisztina@tk.mta.hu